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About us
 
The Kasiisi Porridge Project is an independent British-registered charity. Our aim in Phase 1 was to raise £100,000 to help feed primary schoolchildren at two schools in Western Uganda. We've reached this target and now we are funding the development of the 20 acres of land into a school / community farm. 
 
This is Phase 2 of the Kasiisi Porridge Project.  The aim is for the farm to generate income which will contribute to the provision of porridge.  The practical start date for this Phase was July, 2011, with the arrival of architects Matt Parker and Rob Mawson at Kasiisi.  They worked with the local community to design and initiate the building of a farm complex.  Rearing chickens for eggs will be the first income-generating activity.  This is now under way (February 2012).
 
The charity's founder and director is Kate Wrangham-Briggs, MA. She was asked by the school management committee in 2005 to help improve the health of the children and their ability to concentrate by starting a school lunch programme.  

Based near Sandy, Bedfordshire, we work in partnership with the US-based Kasiisi Project, and work in Uganda through the KFSSSP (Kibale Forest Schools and Students Support Program).  Our email address is: project@kasiisiporridge.org

 

What we are doing

 

We know that nutrition programmes can increase health, attendance and academic achievement of school children.

 

Therefore, the money we are raising gives a daily mug of porridge to some 1,500 children at Kasiisi and Kyanyawara primary schools, who would otherwise go the whole school day without food.

 

After 2012 the aim is for the schools to begin to take over the running of the feeding programme themselves. To do this we have bought 20 acres of land which is being developed into a school farm to make the project self-sufficient. 

 

The cost of porridge for one child is less than £20 a year, but way beyond the means of some families. 

 

The parents contribute by paying for the porridge mugs, school cooks and security guards to protect the stored maize flour.