Join the World Food Day celebrations in Geneva !
- Where ? At the café of the Geneva Ethnography Museum
- When ? On 16 October 2024, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
- What ? Quiz games and prizes are waiting for you !
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 is World Food Day, and it’s an opportunity for the FAO, Ma-terre Association and the Fondation Partage to get together to propose an action around food issues through a participatory quiz. We look forward to seeing you at the Geneva Ethnography Museum (MEG) from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm to take part in an awareness-raising activity for a better life and a better future.
Take a tour of the various stands to gather the information you need and join our quiz games! Come and take part in our awareness-raising activity on current food issues, and learn about the solutions being considered on a global and local scale. With the help of the actors on site, take a moment to think about how to guarantee access to sufficient, safe, varied and nutritious food for everyone, everywhere.
Those who finish the quiz game will be eligible to win prizes such as gift certificates, restaurant vouchers and goodie baskets.
We look forward to meeting you at MEG !
What is World Food Day ?
FAO and its partners celebrate World Food Day every year on October 16 to raise public awareness of the need to ensure that everyone, everywhere, has physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, varied and cultivated food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences, for an active and healthy life. Collective actions across 150 countries are what make World Food Day the most celebrated day in the United Nations (UN) calendar, an important moment to reflect on our right to a nutritious and diversified diet.
The right to food is a fundamental right. Yet even today, too many people do not have access to the food they need to lead a healthy life. There are many reasons for this, and today 733 million people suffer from hunger, and 2.8 billion do not have access to a balanced diet due to conflicts, climatic shocks, inequalities or economic downturns.