Projects

Within a year of setting up our feeding programmes we realised that they were working - attendance rates were up and the overall performance of the schools had increased.

We also became aware however that whilst the children were doing better in their KCPE (the exam they do to gain admittance to secondary school), the vast majority were not continuing on to secondary school. This is because primary education in Kenya and Rwanda is free but secondary is not and for parents earning less than a dollar a day the fees are prohibitively expensive. This created a hopeless atmosphere in the school both for the students and the teachers. What is the point in putting the effort in if no one is going to make it past primary school anyway?

For this reason in January 2009 we decided to offer scholarships in one of our Kenyan primary schools - Cheleta Primary, and agreed to sponsor 6 kids through secondary school at a cost of £500 per child per year.

This year Cheleta has gone form position 169 in the school league table to position 75 and we believe this is due to the combination of better nutrition and the hope that comes from knowing that it is possible to win a scholarship in the school.
Because of this success story this year we have awarded another 28 scholarships in Nairobi.

If you would like to sponsor a child please contact Maeve on 07867780550.

Food For Thought Africa has teamed up with the First Lady of Rwanda's project, Imbuto Foundation to sponsor 100 students for 6 years. Trustees of FFTA recently met with the First Lady, Mrs Jeannette Kagame to pledge £60,000 to sponsor 100 students through their entire secondary school education.

Food For Thought Africa has built 4 classrooms in 4 schools in Kinangop, Kenya. Kimathi PS, Amani PS, Ragia Seconday school and Heni Secondary school all suffered from extreme overcrowding, with up to 100 children per classroom. Thanks to FFTA those numbers have now been reduced, giving the children a real opportunity to escape poverty through education.

We currently feed 970 school children every day. Our feeding programmes encourage the children to come to school and stay in school giving them the opportunity to escape poverty through education.