Members of Zero Nineteen Community with some pupils who were beneficiaries of the relief food donations
By RODGERS WAGURA
Worth Noting:
- The feeding program under the theme; “If you can’t feed a hundred, then feed one”, the food donation drive cost about Sh800,000. Each school was receiving 5 bags of Maize and 3 bags of beans 90kg each, 20 litres of cooking oil, 20kgs onion and 20kg salt.
- The convoy was flagged off by Nyeri Governor, Mutahi Kahiga at his offices in Nyeri town who applauded the initiative by the lobby group and urged similar groups to assists schools in drought striken areas help feed the pupils and keep them in school.
A wellwishers and development minded group of Nyeri business people under the name 019 Community yesterday donated foodstuffs to schools in drought striken areas of Kieni East and Kieni West Subcounties in Nyeri county.
Led by their chairman Pius Mwangi Gitahi they visited nine schools in the area.
They are Thung’are, Gatuamba, Ndiriti and GatuaNyaga primary schools in Kieni East area and Labura, Mwihoko, Kiahuko, Rurichu and Wang’ata Primary schools in Kieni West.
The schools had cases of pupils dropping out of school due to the biting drought in the area.
“With this school feeding programme it will attract the pupils back to school and ensure smooth learning” Gitahi noted.
He added that they decided to make the donations so as to ensure that the Grade 6 and Standard 8 candidates are in school during the national exams which will be done towards the end of this month.
Gitahi urged the government to bring back the school feeding programme as this will ensure learners are in school unlike the relief food which they are providing to parents and its not enough even when a child eats at home he or she has nothing to take to school for lunch which makes many pupils to stay at home while others are in school.
The feeding program under the theme; “If you can’t feed a hundred, then feed one”, the food donation drive cost about Sh800,000. Each school was receiving 5 bags of Maize and 3 bags of beans 90kg each, 20 litres of cooking oil, 20kgs onion and 20kg salt.
The convoy was flagged off by Nyeri Governor, Mutahi Kahiga at his offices in Nyeri town who applauded the initiative by the lobby group and urged similar groups to assists schools in drought striken areas help feed the pupils and keep them in school.
The governor added that his government has also set aside Sh12 Million for the same cause as they look for a long term solution.
The head of schools in the visited schools echoed similar sentiments thanking the group for the good gesture to help keep the youngsters in schools considering national exams are around the corner.
One of them, Gacheru from Kiahuko Primary School thanked the group for the assistance, noting that the area has been without rains since january and since many parents are farmers, they were subjected to abject poverty and were unable to fed for their children.
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