Provide school lunch to 3900 hungry Kenyan kids

Below is a letter from Mama Doris, a widow who is a guardian to her own five children as well as many other children in the village. Mama Doris has been a leader in our Umoja Guardian Self-help Groups, a cook for the Bar Anding'o school lunch program, a Girls Empowerment Team mentor, and a fierce advocate ofr the children of this community. Read her words about the impact that a simple bowl of corn and beans is having, not just for her children's immediate hunger but for their family's future: 

“My name is Mama Doris...a widow from Bar Anding’o Primary School. I have five orphans I take care of. Many organziations have come to our area promising to help our children with food support. Some have stayed for one month. Others for two months. Others three months. Up to a year. They all have failed to keep their promises. Umoja Project came and has stayed with us always. While my children are at school where they also get food for lunch, I can work more time on other people’s farms trying to save some little money to buy their dinner. I am an adult and can afford to go without food for their sake.

Umoja Project’s school lunch has made me trust in them. They keep their promise. My children are healthy and happy. They are learning well.

Thank you for the school lunch program and the many things you do as Umoja. You represent our dead spouses. I don’t know what widows like me would do without your help. Please continue always.”

-       Mama Doris, Guardian of students at Bar Anding’o Primary School

Mama Doris's words illustrate who we are, why we do what we do, and the lasting transformation your support provides.