By Emily Obiti | Field Worker
George is 9 and attends the transition class at Turning Point Centre in Kianda each week day. Everyday he comes to the centre he gets breakfast of mandazi and tea and a big lunch - a different meal everyday. There have been a few occassions when George arrives in the morning complaining of headaches and stomach ache. When project mama Mary talks to George to know whats causing the problem, the issue is invariably that he has not eaten since the last meal he received from Turning Point at lunchtime the day before.
Mary sits him down and gives him breakfast early and lets him rest till he is feeling better, once he's had a good breakfast he is fine to rejoin the class and get stuck into his studies and playing with his mates at break time. Unfortunatly, there have been a couple of times when, over the weekend, George has gone for long hours without a meal. His parents are really struggling to work and provide food for him.
For this reason, Turning Point also works with parents through a microfinance scheme which helps them to start small businesses that bring enough income for them to provide daily meals for their kids. George's story really shows how little some parents have and how that impacts their kids, thats why we at Turning Point are so grateful for your support to the feeding programme that gives hungry kids food while their parents are struggling to do so.
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