Promoting children’s health and education


The first school milk programme using Tetra Pak packages was introduced in Mexico in 1962 and still reaches millions of children today.  Since then, we have supported our customers and collaborated with governments, NGOs, the UN and international development aid agencies to provide technical assistance in programme organisation, implementation, evaluation, environmental education, and advise on food safety and quality controls in schools by sharing global best practices.

Read about the impact these programmes have on children and communities worldwide.

school children in Bangladesh

Introducing school milk programme in Bangladesh

Introducing school milk programme in Bangladesh

New school milk programme in Bangladesh aims to improve children's health and school attendance.

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Partnership to deliver fortified porridge to school children

Partnership to deliver fortified porridge to school children

To address issues with food safety and access to safe nutrition in schools, a partnership was established to develop a highly nutritional ready-to-drink product.

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Innovating with local juice beverages in a school feeding programme in Guyana

Innovating with local juice beverages in a school feeding programme in Guyana

Juice beverages distributed as a complimentary breakfast snack has played a significant role in boosting classroom attendance rates.

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Improved child nutrition and local agriculture development in Ecuador

Improved child nutrition and local agriculture development in Ecuador

The Ecuador school feeding programme has provided children all over the country access to safe nutrition while enhancing the development of local agriculture.

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New school milk programme in Sri Lanka

New school milk programme in Sri Lanka

Tetra Pak South Asia and Tetra Pak Food for Development have supported our Cargills and the Ministry of Education by providing technical assistance.

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Locally produced milk in schools to address malnutrition

Locally produced milk in schools to address malnutrition

The department of Education in Philippines has introduced a school feeding program to improve nutritional status and school performance among school children.

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Overcoming distribution and malnutrition challenges in the Paraguay school milk programme

Overcoming distribution and malnutrition challenges in the Paraguay school milk programme

Paraguay has a long running school milk programme to address challenges related to malnutrition and social safety protection.

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​School milk programme in Kenya increases enrolment rates ​

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​School milk programme in Kenya increases enrolment rates ​

Local county governments collaborated with Kenya Dairy Board and local dairy processors to initiate school milk programmes in 5 counties, covering 1,767 schools.

School girls in Guatemala

Partnering for improved nutrition in Central America

Partnering for improved nutrition in Central America

Tetra Pak and Tetra Laval Food for Development partnered with INCAP and local customer Alimentos S.A develop a ready-to-drink beverage for school children.

School girls in Panama

School milk legislation in Panama ensures programme sustainability

School milk legislation in Panama ensures programme sustainability

The legislation mandates that a ration of 236ml. of milk and nutritional biscuit should be provided to each child attending pre-schools and primary education.

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Partnering to fulfil Senegal's potential

Partnering to fulfil Senegal's potential

We are working with local farmers to develop the dairy value chain and get more fresh milk into schools improving food, education and nutrition for children

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Transforming food systems

Transforming food systems

Making food safe and available everywhere requires global collaboration to help fight malnutrition, increase food security and support vulnerable groups.

School girl drinking school milk in Mexico

Close to a century of school milk in Mexico

Close to a century of school milk in Mexico

In Mexico, Tetra Pak is part of one of the world’s oldest School Feeding Programmes, helping to address challenges such as malnutrition and food insecurity.

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Innovative product and package design in Peru’s school nutrition programme

Innovative product and package design in Peru’s school nutrition programme

Tetra Pak is working with customer and the Peruvian government to bring nutritious products into Peruvian schools and educate about recycling.

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A new programme to improve children's nutrition and school attendance in Burundi

A new programme to improve children's nutrition and school attendance in Burundi

Tetra Pak is supporting our customer, the newly founded local company Modern Dairy Burundi, to help boost the nutrition of 20,000 children.

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Improving school attendance among refugee children in Syria and Lebanon

Improving school attendance among refugee children in Syria and Lebanon

A new school milk programme in Syria and Lebanon is helping boost nutrition, improve enrolment and decrease drop-out rates among refugee school children.

school children in Dominican republic

Dominican Republic - power of partnerships

Dominican Republic - power of partnerships

Tetra Pak Food for Development has developed a public-private partnership in support of the Ministry of Education's School Feeding Programme.

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Continuing to deliver nutrition to school children during COVID-19

Continuing to deliver nutrition to school children during COVID-19

The closure of schools around the world due to COVID-19 risks having a major impact on the health and nutrition of school children.

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Delivering safe nutrition to pre-school children in India

Delivering safe nutrition to pre-school children in India

Working in collaboration with our customers, AP Dairy and KMF, the state government implemented a plan to deliver the food directly to the childrens’ homes.

school children in Myanmar

A nutritious start for youngsters

A nutritious start for youngsters

The school milk programme has been widely accepted by the children and the community. Enrollment and drop-out rates have improved considerably in targeted school.

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Leading the way in milk safety at schools in China

Leading the way in milk safety at schools in China

Tetra Pak is part of a collaborative initiative to improve milk safety in schools connected to the School Milk Program in China.

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Playing our part in school feeding in Bolivia

Playing our part in school feeding in Bolivia

Tetra Pak have worked together with the local food processing industry to improve school feeding programmes across Bolivia.

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History and tradition of school milk in Japan

History and tradition of school milk in Japan

Tetra Pak is working with schools across to Japan to solve the challenge of child malnourishment and promote environmental education.

School children in Rwanda

Improving childhood malnutrition in Rwanda

Improving childhood malnutrition in Rwanda

Childhood malnutrition has many adverse consequences for survival and long-term well-being.

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