School meals program launches across Greece

The School Meals Program officially begins today, offering 231,062 warm, Mediterranean diet–based lunches regular to elementary schoolhouse students successful 1,918 schools crossed 153 municipalities nationwide, according to the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family and OPEKA (Organization of Welfare Benefits and Social Solidarity).

For the 2025–2026 schoolhouse year, the programme aims to supply nutritious and balanced meals that not lone enactment children’s wellness but besides beforehand the values of community, equality, and solidarity.

Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Domna Michailidou emphasized:

“Starting today, 231,062 simple schoolhouse students crossed Greece volition bask a lukewarm luncheon each day. Our extremity done this inaugural is to enactment Greek families, the country’s regions, our islands, and areas that are distant oregon disadvantaged.

We are committed to including much municipalities each twelvemonth and ensuring that adjacent much children person high-quality, nutritious meals.

The School Meals Program is simply a regular enactment of attraction by the Government — a instauration for adjacent opportunities, solidarity, and societal cohesion. We are not simply providing food; we are nurturing values and strengthening the societal fabric.”