Tuesday 16 August 2011

Food glorious food

Imagine cooking for over 650 children 3 times a day....

It's a never ending challenge to feed these children and they have a very small budget to use. A staple diet of rice and beans every day is filling but hard to imagine when we have such  variety of unlimited choice available.On my first visit we paid for a children's party and provided them with jam sandwiches and pop to drink, there faces lit up with excitement. On both my visits we have bought a cow for the children to eat! The last cow was bought over breakfast and buy the afternoon it was at school waiting to be slaughtered and the children enjoyed the meat the next day.



Each of these pans cost over £200 ! An expense that the school couldn't afford without support

The school has now started a farm project and greens and fruit will be introduced into the school diet when the crops are ready as well as being sold to increase the schools income. This is an exciting project and visiting the farm leaves you with a real sense of optimism for their future development.






 
 
Fresh greens


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