Help Feed 250 Hungry Children in Kenya

Hello Everyone!

It's been a busy few months and I am so happy to share that we have managed to feed over 300 students 5 days a week for the first time in a while. It's lovely to see our children not going hungry and ready to learn. 

Results have increased over the last period by around 3% which is great news! We also rent out motorcycles from the school to the local community to help fund our teaching staff, food etc but July was a litlte tough. 

I thought I would share with you all what it costs to run a school like ours for 350 primary school children and how your donations really help us...

Income for the school starts with...

Fee's from the few students that can afford to contribute - 83,800ksh 

Donations from you 64,000ksh 

Our motorcycle rental 39,250ksh

We then had a very amazing donation from a friend of our school for 106,925ksh 

A total of 293,975ksh income in July alone 

Expenses to run a school...

Food for the children - 130,815khs

Teachers salaries 198,000khs

School rent 50,000khs

So we spent a total of 408,245khs in July alone

As you can see in July our expenses was more than our income, this is normal for a month and this is when as a team we do what we can to fundraise the shortfall. Currently we have overspent with an overdraft at the bank but next motnh we need to raise more or sadly we will not be able to supply food every day for the children. It's a tough decision for us but with July/August being wet season we feel it is important to overspend and keep them fed for as long as possible, 

We thank you for your support 

Best,

Brian, Headteacher

Introduction 

The feeding programme improves the health and wellbeing of children. Access, to what may be the only meals they receive in a day, incentivizes families to send their children to school. Children who are fed nutritious meals at school will be more able to engage with school activities and have greater prospects of reaching their full potential.

Report 

Since 2010. The school has grown from its humble beginnings as a care centre to a fully-fledged school. As the centre grew and developed, this project has helped to cater to its diverse and ever-changing needs. With 14.5 million individuals facing a food crisis, this project is a start to alleviating their struggles. Funds are used primarily to fund a feeding programme and to cover the school running costs. A donation of $15 will provide one children with breakfast and dinner for a month.

Please remember the little by little campaign in April where if you donate up to $50, GlobalGiving will match it at 50%.

Thank you for your support

Introduction 

The feeding programme improves the health and wellbeing of children. Access, to what may be the only meals they receive in a day, incentivizes families to send their children to school. Children who are fed nutritious meals at school will be more able to engage with school activities and have greater prospects of reaching their full potential.

Report 

Since 2010. The school has grown from its humble beginnings as a care centre to a fully-fledged school. As the centre grew and developed, this project has helped to cater to its diverse and ever-changing needs. With 14.5 million individuals facing a food crisis, this project is a start to alleviating their struggles. Funds are used primarily to fund a feeding programme and to cover the school running costs. A donation of $15 will provide one children with breakfast and dinner for a month.

Please remember the little by little campaign in April where if you donate up to $50, GlobalGiving will match it at 50%.

Thank you for your support

Introduction 

The feeding programme improves the health and wellbeing of children. Access, to what may be the only meals they receive in a day, incentivizes families to send their children to school. Children who are fed nutritious meals at school will be more able to engage with school activities and have greater prospects of reaching their full potential.

Report 

Since 2010. The school has grown from its humble beginnings as a care centre to a fully-fledged school. As the centre grew and developed, this project has helped to cater to its diverse and ever-changing needs. With 14.5 million individuals facing a food crisis, this project is a start to alleviating their struggles. Funds are used primarily to fund a feeding programme and to cover the school running costs. A donation of $15 will provide one children with breakfast and dinner for a month.

Please remember the little by little campaign in April where if you donate up to $50, GlobalGiving will match it at 50%.

Thank you for your support

Dear Supporters,

We value your support in helping us feed the children each day and we also try ways to be innovative to help bring cash into the school so we can continue to operate. For about 8 years now we have 5 motorcycles that we own and rent out to the local community as it is the main way people get around in Kenya. 

We have never had an issue and the income from this has helped hugely with our teachers salaries and stationery for the children. Sadly last week one of our bikes was in an accident and it turns out the local that rented the bike gave it to his brother who drove it drunk. It's our first incident in 8 years but we are learning and will be putting in policies to ensure this risk is minimised in the future but this month we are left in a tight position. 

The motorbike has been taken by the police and with good old African corruption we are going to have to pay for it to be returned and fixed. The lady that was hit was an ex-students mother and luckly she has no long lasting injuries but does require medical attention and doesn't have healthcare so as a school we will take responsibility and fund her treatment. 

With all these extra costs sadly we are going to end November in the negative which impacts us in December including the food bill so we kindly request if you can help us again to get through the last month of 2022 we would be super greatful 

Thank You,