2023-2028
School Lunch is Served!
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2023-2028
Food4Education
Food4Education is a Kenyan social enterprise that provides hot, nutritious, and affordable school meals to the lowest income children across the country to improve their nutrition and educational outcomes. Their 21 central kitchens are currently feeding over 450,000 children daily with nutritious high-quality locally sourced meals in 10 counties through direct delivery and innovative government partnerships, clearly surpassing their original target of 195,000 by the end of June 2024.
CHALLENGE
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ACTION
Food4Education sources fresh food directly from local farmers, prepares low-cost nutritious meals in large central kitchens and delivers them to children in primary schools across Kenya.
Food4Education is testing a digital platform that enables parents to pay for these meals using mobile money. The cost is $0.29 per meal.
IMPACT
Children fed daily
in 2024
Meals served
through the partnership with the Nairobi County government
central kitchens
run by Food4Education
higher national exam scores achieved
by kids in schools partnering with Food4Education (2020)