School lunch feeding programs

School representatives from four twinned schools in the Mukurwe-ini area, namely Gikondi, Mutwewathi, Ithanji, and Matuto Primary schools, were invited to visit the school feeding programs in three Meru area twinned schools, Kinyenjere Primary, Ruuju Primary, and Ndunyu Secondary School on Tuesday, Feb 2nd and 3rd, 2011. The group consisted of the coordinator of the Wakulima Dairy, one Wakulima director, three head teachers, two twinning teachers, and two parent members of school management committees.
The objective of this visit was to give the Mukurwe-ini group an opportunity to see first-hand how these three Meru area schools were able to provide both uji, a maize-based porridge, at break and githeri, maize and beans, at lunch.
None of the twinned schools in the Mukurwe-ini area currently has a school feeding program.
The nine people attending visited the school gardens, saw drip irrigation systems, screen/green houses and admired three of the four school cookhouses which have enabled over 1000 children to be ensured food on a daily basis. Two of these cookhouses were built as a result of the Souris Village Feast.
The group were very excited about the possibilities they saw for their schools and learned a great deal! FHF is hoping that these schools will engage their school communities to initiate feeding programs in the Mukurwe-ini area.