By Ruby Glasspool | Operations Manager
When Uma and Jahi* first arrived at the We Are The Future school 2 years ago, they were incredibly weak and malnourished with little appetite and suffered from constant pains in their stomachs. We have been feeding them nutritious meals for the past 2 years, treated worms and prescribed vitamins. Shortly after the de-worming exercise, they started to have an appetite and to eat more. The intake of nutritious food and clean water available at the school helped with restoring their balance. They started to put on weight and grew in stature. The teachers immediately noticed the difference in their behaviour, they were more awake and more happy. These boys were incredibly lucky to receive this care, and it has been thanks to generous donations we were able to do this for them.
The children here know that every day they will get something to eat. This has had one of the biggest impacts on their emotional and mental outlook, and meant, like Uma and Jahi, they can thrive in their education.
Milestones: The school year started with 235 students, a 15% increase in registration which means we are reaching more and more children. With the purchase of much needed gardening tools and plants there has been great success in a flourishing and ever growing kitchen garden including the recruitment of 5 new volunteers for garden work. The school saved $3,100 in costs due to the food grown, and a further $2,798 was achieved from the sale of surplus crop in 2019. Some good news in otherwise difficult times and an incredible leap towards self-sufficiency.
Due to huge disruptions from COVID-19 resulting in the school closing for a period of time there was a great need for food and toiletries in the local community the school serves. Thanks to donations and brilliant planning and hard work, we were able to divert the funds and attention to distributing much needed supplies door to door throughout the last 10 weeks. As a result more than 100 households of 561 people were supported and sustained in this difficult time.
*Names were changed to protect people's privacy.
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