Food Security Kenya Project #54725

Healthy Learners: Home Grown School Meals in Kenya

by East African Children's Fund

Project Report | Nov 19, 2023
Healthy Learners: November 2023

By Lisa Peracchio | Director

Healthy Learners

Dear Valued Partner:

Thank you for making a difference to school children in Kenya! With your support, more children will eat a healthy home-grown school meal. Children who eat lunch can engage fully in learning instead of thinking about feeling hungry.

You make it possible to grow nutritious fruits and vegetables across four school farms. Here is the impact of your support this year. Thank you! This project:

Produced 17 varieties of vegetables and 6 varieties of fruits such as amaranth, kale, sweet potatoes, cabbages, sweet peppers, moringa, mangos, and oranges to boost the nutritional value of almost 3,000 daily school meals served at the St. Francis and St. Clare Schools in Meru, Kenya.
Employed more than 60 graduate students and women for planting, harvesting, and farm management.
Trained 315 students at Nchiru Children's Village in horticulture good practices for future self-reliance

You make this possible! Please consider a Giving Tuesday donation because GG will amplify your gift with bonus funds while they last.

We remain sincerely grateful for your support!

Wishing you a Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving!

East African Children's Fund

P.S.: 100% DIRECT GIVING: 100% OF YOUR DONATION WILL SUPPORT HOME-GROWN SCHOOL MEALS IN KENYA

Kales and spinach grown at St. Francis school farm

Avocados harvested from school farm

Cabbages planted at school farm

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