Indonesia's Free Meals Programme: A Recipe for Disaster Indonesia's ambitious free meals programme, launched by President Prabowo Subianto in 2025, has become one of the country's most significant corruption scandals in recent years.
The "Free Nutritious Meals" initiative was touted as a solution to stunting among children and a booster for local economies.
The programme's scale is staggering: over 28,000 kitchens have been established across the country, each serving up to 3,000 meals a day.