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Fancy putting a little fun back in your lunchtime? Then join ActionAid's Big School Dinner, and help children have theirs.
Holding a Big School Dinner event on Child Poverty Day, Friday 17 October, is easy. All you have to do is get your friends or colleagues together, tuck into a classic school dinner or a packed lunch and donate what you would have spent at lunchtime to ActionAid. Just remember to have fun and, most importantly, give us your dinner money!!!
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Actress and ActionAid ambassador Jan Ravens travelled to Kenya to investigate how serious food shortages and the global food crisis is affecting growing numbers of children and their families in poor communities.
The effect of the failed rains in the north of the country has decreased the amount of available pasture for livestock and water levels in lakes and dams are perilously low or non existent.
Jan met children as young as 10 who have been forced to leave the family home and hunt wild animals to feed their family and who break rocks for days to earn enough money to buy a 1kg bag of maize.
Have a Big School Dinner.
Every day more than 16,000 children die from hunger - one child every five seconds. Just £5 will provide nutritious porridge for an orphan in Malawi every day for a year.
Help some of the world's poorest children get the food and education they deserve - by swapping your usual lunch for an ActionAid Big School Dinner. Why not try one of our delicious lunch recipes, such as Antony Worrall Thompson's "A pasta salad with oriental undertones"?
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ANTONY WORRALL THOMPSON
A PASTA SALAD WITH
ORIENTAL UNDERTONES
Serves 2
This refreshing pasta salad makes the perfect packed lunch. It's quick and easy to prepare so why not double the quantities and make some for your family or colleagues too?
AINSLEY HARRIOT
CHOCOLATE KRISPIE FRIDGE CAKE
Makes approx. 12 slices
As there's no cooking involved in this cake, it can be safely made by children. The mixture can be formed into individual truffles, if you like. The nutritional information given is per slice, so you'll need to multiply it up if you eat more than one piece.
FULL RECIPE »
DELIA SMITH
BANANA AND WALNUT LOAF
Serves 8
This is a lovely, moist cake that keeps well and is perfect for picnics or packed lunches. In the summer it's brilliant served cut in thick slices and spread with clotted cream.
FULL RECIPE »
KEN HOM
RICE NOODLES WITH BROCCOLI
Serves 4-6
Takes advantage of the quick cooking characteristics of rice noodles. Cooked for about two minutes and then combined with the blanched broccoli for another few minutes, the noodles make a delectable vegetarian dish for one or two persons. Any leftovers reheat (stir-fry) very nicely.
PHIL VICKERY
CUCUMBER AND
SOFT CHEESE WRAPS
Serves 4
This delicious lunchtime recipe is simple to make and great for children as there’s no cooking involved. Refreshing cucumber and creamy soft cheese make a perfect combination and this recipe won’t break the budget.
FULL RECIPE »
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