By Debra aka Brique Zeiner | Chairwoman
The lunch break bell rings and the children run outside. At the public schools, some children run to the gates where their mamas, grandmas, or older siblings are waiting with a container of rice and beans, and maybe some greens. Other children run to the dining hall - usually a makeshift dining hall or they get their plates from the kitchen and sit outside and eat. They are usually very hungry because it is almost always the first meal of the day. The scenario at the Live and Learn in Kenya Education Center in Nakuru, Kenya is quite different. Lunch is not the first meal of the day - breakfast is. During the first break, they enjoy porridge and tea, often a large breakfast of tea, bread or a roll, an egg, and a piece of fruit. When the first lunch bell rings at the Live and Learn in Kenya School, the first children who line up at our dining hall doors are the kindergarten children. They walk up to the kitchen counter and are handed a full plate of delicious and nutritious food. The meals consist of beans, or cabbage, greens, rice, fruit, or a big glass of milk. Every Wednesday the children are able to eat meat, greens, and ugali (a sort of white polenta). If they don't want meat (most do!) then they receive an even larger serving of greens and ugali. They sit down at the long tables and patiently wait until everyone has their plate in front of them and then they say grace. It doesn't matter which religion - it is always right to say thank you. When they are finished, they bring their empty plates back to the kitchen and run outside for recess in the colorful playground. Then the next group of pupils takes their places. Every child is given a tummy full of food.
Since October 2022 we have had our own well at the Live and Learn in Kenya Education Center. As of October 2023 a water filtering system has been built to ensure that the children are drinking pure water - as much as they'd like!
That's a lot to SMILE about - all thanks to our wonderful donors.
ASANTE SANA - THANK YOU SO MUCH!
By Debra aka Brique Zeiner | Chairwoman
By Debra aka Brique Zeiner | Chairwoman
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