Breakfast for Kindergarten schoolgirls in Pakistan

Our school nurse, Haji Bibi, was asked to to give her observation about the change in student after the breakfast programme was started.  She reported that the programme has had a very positive impact on the health of our students –the number of students reporting to the nurse with complaints of vomiting, dizziness, weakness and headache has dropped due to the nutrition support provided by the breakfast programme.

Here is more in Haji Bibi's own words:

“My name is Haji Bibi and I have been working as the school health room nurse for two years, taking care of all the ill students sent our way.

Our school provides many important facilities to the students, one of which is the breakfast given to kindergarten students. The children are given a varying menu of milk, bread, butter, eggs, butter and fruits every day. This aids the physical development of the a child and makes her healthy and strong.

Most of the children attending our school come from families which are not able to provide milk to them at home. This makes the children weak and saps them of their natural energy. Milk is essential for growing children and our breakfast programme ensures that our students drink milk, along with other edibles, every day. This gives them the fuel that they need to take on the challenges of a day at school so that they take interest in every lesson and participate actively in every class activity.

The biggest improvement that the Breakfast Programme has brought about is that our students have been saved from many diseases and illnesses such as physical weakness, getting dizzy, vomiting, etc. which would disturb their studies. Illnesses set a child back in every way, so I am hopeful that this programme will continue for our school’s students and every student from our school will be seen as a healthy young child, eager to learn in class and in the playground.”

Links:

• Zindagi Trust
• Video of school nurse speaking about the program

Happy Holidays!

Saba Naz, a sports teacher who was one of the first on our staff to own the Breakfast Program, presents a walkthrough of the early-morning activity in the Kindergarten Section this past week. 

Here she greets the bright, young children in our Kindergarten section as they get seated in the breakfast room and talks to them about how they start their day in school:

Kindergarten Students get seated in the Breakfast Room from Zindagi Trust on Vimeo.

Saba watches our teachers lay out milk and cookies for the students assembled in the breakfast room: 

Milk for Kindergarten Students from Zindagi Trust on Vimeo.

Saba talks to Mariam, a kindergarten student, about what she eats for breakfast at the school and why she thinks milk is important for kids like her who are growing up:

Mariam from kindergarten talks to us about breakfast from Zindagi Trust on Vimeo.

Thank you for your support and do let us know what you think of this month's video updates!

Links:

• Zindagi Trust