Campaign on correct to food stuff, health launched

A marketing campaign aimed at guaranteeing the right to meals, meals safety and health started with the pledges built by youths to obtain the goals via private action and advocacy. 

Above 100 youths from 18 countries, including Bangladesh, Usa, Canada, Eire, Brazil, Switzerland and China, took oaths at the campaign titled “Act4Food Act4Transform” held nearly on Tuesday night.

“Act4Food items Act4Change” is a worldwide youth-led movement promising to achieve sustainable world meals methods that present all folks with access to healthy and sustainable eating plans.

Switzerland-centered group “International Alliance for Enhanced Nutrition (Achieve)” and British isles-centered non-govt firm “The Foodstuff Basis” jointly facilitated the digital program from their respective locations.

Uk and Eire governments are associate associates, stated a media launch on Wednesday. 

The campaign will also be carried out in social media platforms these as Facebook, youtube, twitter and instagram.

The campaign, becoming held in advance of United Country Foodstuff Method Summit, will continue until September this calendar year. The party is very likely to be extended later on.

The offer of wholesome and safe foods for folks has turn out to be a complicated undertaking recently due to Covid-19 scenario, reported the organizers.

Therefore, they said, it is vital to make sure the availability of individuals food items with the blended endeavours of all worried along with boosting awareness of people. 

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Dipty Chowdhury, a youth chief of UN Meals Procedure Summit Motion Monitor-1 and representative of Bhalo Khabo Bhalo Thakbo marketing campaign of Gain Bangladesh Rayan Kassem, regional director of Youth4Nature, Lebanon Priya Prakash, founder of HealthSetGo, India Sophie Healy Food stuff procedure and nutrition advocate & Guide Group member of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement (Sunshine), Ireland amongst others, spoke at the party.

Simon Coveney, minister for International Affairs of Eire, has presented online video message for the campaign.

Femi Oke, internationally renowned journalist, moderated the function.

In her tackle, Dipty Chowdhury, youth chief of Bangladesh said: “I want to see wholesome food stuff as a standard right and get rid of all the cheap junk food items that is now conveniently available to us.”

In a assertion, Dr Rudaba Khondker, country director of Obtain Bangladesh, stated: “Youths especially the girls and young women can shape the food stuff units for inexpensive nutritious and risk-free food for all. All through Covid, its importance has become even extra important and essential.”

Both equally of them reported, Bangladesh can choose the guide in line with global pledge by partaking associates of Nutrition Clubs across the state and raise awareness on healthy eating plans amongst pupils.

The success of “Bhalo Khabo Bhalo Thakbo” marketing campaign, supported by Get Bangladesh, additional than 1 million adolescents have so much pledged to take in much better food. It has worked as an inspiration to this worldwide youth motion and initiative.

“Bhalo Khabo Bhalo Thakbo” is an ongoing campaign in Bangladesh the place any adolescent can choose section in it.