What we are doing

We know that school-based health and nutrition programmes can increase attendance and academic achievement.

The money we are raising is to give a daily mug of porridge to more than 1,500 children at Kasiisi and Kanyawara primary schools, for the next 3 years.

The cost of porridge for one child is a mere £25 a year, but way beyond the means of some families. 

The local community are paying for the porridge mugs and will also fund a security guard to protect the stored maize.

Through the Jane Goodall Institute environmental education programme,

Roots and Shoots, the pupils will plant trees to prevent the loss of forest.   

A key feature of the project is a plan to buy local land so that the community can take over the running of the feeding initiative after three years and become self-sufficient.