Basic Relief Support program
Provide basic relief support for unexpected disasters and crises such as the Cyclone Ida disaster in Zimbabwe in 2019 and the COVID-19 pandemic impact support since 2020.
OUR WORK
THE CHALLENGES
In sub-Saharan Africa, too often the necessities of life – such as food – are in very short supply for impoverished and destitute families, especially children, such as the tens of thousands who call the slum of Kibera in Nairobi their home.
OUR IMPACT IN 2023
Children attending the Seed School in the Nairobi slum of Kibera were served two meals each weekday.
Eat, Grow and Study
While in sub-Saharan African countries there are millions of children going hungry every day, the situation is especially dire in Kibera, the largest slum on the continent on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya where hundreds of thousands live in extreme poverty, earning...
Seed School Meals Program Keeps Students Fed, and Focused
A year ago, schools throughout Kenya were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that included the Seed School located in the largest slum in East Africa — Kibera on the outskirts of Nairobi. For more than 100 students who attend the Seed School not only were their...
Food Hampers’ in Zimbabwe Prevent Hundreds from Going Hungry
With the COVID -19 pandemic causing significant negative impacts in Zimbabwe, including and especially hunger in the impoverished country, this fall Margaret Makambira, founder and director of our longtime partner there, the Shinga Development Trust and its Lerato...