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The 2027 allocation for this project is $113,884. We can break that down to the school, the term, or the line item.
Education Meals and Education Health Project
Two meals a day, clean water, and medical attention for pupils who would otherwise go without any of the three.
- 2027 budget
- $113,884 (40.6% of total)
- Period
- 2025–2031
- Reach
- Scaling from 10,000 to 17,000 meals within a year
- Sites
- All rural partner schools.
What we are responding to
The situation
Children walk as far as 11 kilometres to school, often barefoot and on an empty stomach. Drought and unpredictable rainfall have left parents who once farmed successfully unable to make ends meet, and some children eat only the wild fruit they can pick on the way.
They arrive thirsty, with no water to drink, into overcrowded classrooms where resources are scarce. Hunger makes concentration nearly impossible.
Health problems go untreated because there is no hospital nearby and no money for transport. A pupil at Basenga Secondary School cannot see the board clearly and sits his Grade 12 exams this year. A Grade 12 girl at Mbila Secondary School has asthma and stays home through winter for fear of an attack, because she has no inhaler.
Delivery
What the programme actually does
Food, water and sanitation
- Drill water boreholes at rural schools.
- Distribute meals to all pupils, and sanitary pads to female pupils.
Health
- Travel to rural schools across the country to find pupils and teachers who need medical attention, and get them seen.
- Train teachers as health care givers.
- Build health rooms and clinics at rural schools.
The other two pillars
This does not work alone
$120,240 Mathematics and Sciences Education Development Project Putting qualified mathematics and science teachers in rural classrooms, and training the teachers already there. $46,800 Guidance, Counselling and Christian Education Project A support system for pupils carrying more than a child should — and a route back into school for girls pulled out of it.
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