Introduction: The new emergency scenario created by the covid19 pandemic
imposed new ways of executing the National School Food Program in Brazil, to
guarantee a food with the quality, quantity and regularity necessary for students,
actions were taken, by the federal government, to maintain the program during the
current crisis. Objective: To describe the kits with foodstuffs distributed for families of
students at a federal educational institution in the COVID19 pandemic period in
Belém/Pa. Methods: crosssectional study, descriptive analysis was carried out
based on bibliographic and documentary sources, carried out at the School of
Application the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) from April 2020 to May 2021.
Results: In the School of Application the Federal University of Pará, there are four
teaching modalities, Child Rearing, Primary and Secondary Education, youth and
adult education (EJA). During the study period, school meals were distributed to
students and their families in the kits with foodstuffs. From April to December/2020,
2078 kits were distributed. In 2021, from January to May, 1035 kits were made
available to families, totaling 3,635 kits distributed during the 13 months of this study.
According to the classification of the Food Guide for the Brazilian population, there
was a predominance of natural and minimally processed foods (64.88%) in the kits'
composition. Conclusion: The Primary Education had the largest number of
students enrolled in 2020 and 2021 and therefore was provided with the largest
number of kits, using nonperishable and food provisioned from family farmers with a
predominance of natural and minimally processed foods.
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