Alimentação escolar em tempos de COVID-19: o papel do centro colaborador em alimentação e nutrição no estado do Rio Grande do Norte

Abstract

Due to the impact of the pandemic, Brazil suspended, in mid-March 2020, classes and on-site activities throughout the municipal, state and federal education system. In view of this scenario full of challenges and missions that the PNAE had to take ownership of the Collaborating Centers for Food and Nutrition (CECANEs) have became important services to enable the proper distribution of the kits and the operation of the program. It is an experience report based on CECANE/UFRN own actions, results and reports. From the survey carried out with the 167 municipalities of Rio Grande do Norte, assisted by CECANE/UFRN, the panorama regarding the distribution of school feeding kits was observed, highlighting the different situations and difficulties faced during the execution. Guidance actions were carried out on the assembly and distribution of school feeding kits, accountability and participation in social control. The work aims to establish and legitimize the role of CECANE in the defense of Human Right to Adequate Food (DHAA) and Food and Nutrition Security (SAN) in the school feeding scenario and reinforces the importance of investigations about the logistics of assembling and distributing the kits in the national territory, showing the diversity and local difficulties