"Food for Education - Wawira Njiru" - 2024 Skoll Awardee

About This Project

Summary

About 90 percent of children in Africa don't get enough to eat – and children suffering from malnutrition are far less likely to keep going to school. Without an education, millions of children are held in a cycle of poverty. Despite decades of evidence that school feeding programs are an effective solution to childhood hunger, locally led school feeding programs are a rarity in Africa. This video profiles 2024 Skoll awardee profiles the story of Food for Education (F4E) efforts to make change.

Goals & Objectives

F4E designs and operates a scalable system to feed children at schools and invest in local farmers and parents in the process. Developed in Kenya, the model uses centralized kitchens, technology, and smart supply chains to deliver hot, nutritious & affordable meals to 300,000 school children daily.

Results & Impact

F4E’s goal is to chart a path toward continent-wide school feeding access, leveraging government partnerships to scale and subsidize delivery of school meals to Africa’s more than 400 million children. This video has created awareness and helped them amplify their goals.