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Our kitchen garden project provides daily meals for children from poor fishing communities in Sierra Leone who have been devastated by Ebola. By learning how to grow fruit and vegetables at school, the pupils learn vital life skills and get a healthy school lunch everyday.

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Situation

Sierra Leone has been ravaged by Ebola, then crushed by the recession that followed. More recently, more lives were lost to the dramatic landslides. Today, 2/3 of households continue to be food insecure. Children at the We Are the Future (WAF) nursery and primary school often come to school on an empty stomach, their families struggling to provide for even their most basic needs. In some cases, students have had to drop out to help their families "put food on the table".

Solution

The We Are the Future kitchen uses the fresh fruits and vegetables that are being grown in the WAF school garden to cook well-balanced and nutritious meals for the 150 students of the WAF kindergarten and primary school, most of whom are coming from poor local fishing communities. By enabling them to have at least one healthy meal per day, we allow them to focus on their studies and play, without having to worry about where the next meal will come from.

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