One of the resolutions for 2012 is to feed 1,500,000 meals to needy children in our education program
The education program is beyond getting a meal a day. I have met countless children in the streets missing an opportunity to enjoy the free primary education, play with children their age, or maybe that they are too hungry to concentrate in school. It is an opportunity for a boy or a girl to get a balanced diet thus is in good health, for a child to play with other children, and opportunity to for a child to achieve his/ her dreams amidst all other challenges.
A lot has been put in place to make this program a success. It has it’s challenges and that is why this year there has been several meetings to ensure that all goes on smoothly through the year. We would like to appreciate our donors for their donation, the children, the school administration, and the cooks among others.
Just to share some of the preparation underway……….
There are several meetings which are aimed at making the foundation of this program this year even better. The preparations include; making note of performance indicators, the activities involved, chances and impact of risks that could occur and the control measures that could see us ensure the beneficiaries get a balanced meal. A new way of working with our suppliers with new forms introduced. And on the ground, an auditor who will visit all the schools at random and check whether or not the children are eating the right quantity. Having someone on the ground will see us work on many challenges or risks that could arise. There will also be a feedback form for the cooks to ensure that they are cooking the right amounts of meal, there is cooperation from the school administration.
We will benefit from savings made from energy-saving-jikos bought for the 14 schools that previously used too much firewood. This will also benefit the cooks who in the past had to cook with wood which was sometimes wet thus they inhaled a lot of smoke. The rural schools will also benefit from Bio-sand water filters that purify the water and the children can finally enjoy clean water in their schools.
The manager, Faith has been busy visiting the school to adjust the annual contracts while at the same time meeting the parents. The turn out, as faith has put it, was average for the four schools visited late this week. Since most of these parents have to work with a big number of them being casual labours who depend fully on what they earn during everyday day worked, we understood. She had a chance to speak to the parents and encourage them to contribute towards their children getting a balanced meal in school thus avoiding so many dangers the children would face if they were to leave the school to go and buy lunch or borrow from others.
To get more information on the education program, visit our website.
