As the new school term commences, Food4Education announces the expansion of its school feeding program across five counties: Nairobi, Kiambu, Muranga, Mombasa, and Kisumu.
In an effort to reach a daily target of 350,000 children, the initiative has doubled its impact from the previous year, when it served 165,000 children on a daily basis.
The organization currently operates 53 semi-centralized kitchens, 15 decentralized kitchens, and 18 centralized kitchens. Notably, eight centralized kitchens were inaugurated in Nairobi County this week through Governor Johnson Sakaja’s ‘Dishi Na County’ programme.
The expansion emphasizes the crucial role of centralized kitchens in scaling school feeding, enabling the efficient provision of nutritious meals to a greater number of students. According to Wawira Njiru, Food for Education’s Founder and Executive Director, “Centralized kitchens will play a pivotal role in scaling school feeding, enabling the provision of nutritious meals to more students efficiently than ever before.”
Introducing the Tap2Eat digital mobile platform, the initiative empowers public primary school children with seamless access to nutritious food. This innovative platform allows parents to conveniently make micro-payments for subsidized school lunches using mobile money.
Wawira expressed enthusiasm about the positive impact of this streamlined and efficient process on the well-being and educational journey of the children served by Food for Education. The initiative, which has created nearly 3,000 jobs, aims to serve over 60 million meals this year, building on its track record of providing 31 million meals since its inception.
