Solution

School-run restaurants turn profits into school lunches

This solution addresses food insecurity in Kenya in Kenya for K-12 Students

Problem Description

26% of Kenya’s children are stunted due to chronic undernutrition and 40% of Kenya’s population is undernourished. 43% (21 million) of Kenya’s population is below 15 years old and 46% of Kenyans live below the poverty line. Climate change has severely undermined food security for Kenya and other African countries with those living in urban slum areas particularly vulnerable as they do not often produce their own food. In slum areas, food availability, access and use which are the three pillars of food security continue to be a challenge with children being the most vulnerable.

Building Blocks

Story

Community school based restaurants provide food for education at heavily subsidised prices to primary school students in slum areas to improve nutrition status, improve school attendance and performance.

We prepare standardised and nutritious menus, source for food directly from farmers at competitive prices enabling access to fresh and nutritious food and provide high quality food to students at heavily subsidised prices. To cover the extra cost of the subsidies, we sell food to community members at the restaurant and a food delivery system similar to 'dabbawalas', improving access to fresh, nutritious and high quality food leading to healthier, more stable and literate communities. To improve food use as an aspect of food security, we will hold regular nutrition classes, practice and teach smart farming practices that encourage urban slum dwellers to grow their own food in their homes.

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Resources

Open Ideo Challenge Page
Fiid 4 Education Website
Vision A society where children are well nourished and have the opportunity to excel in school and improve their lives. Mission. To enhance learning ability by providing nutritious food, essential amenities and mentorship to vulnerable school children. Objectives 1. To improve health and learning ability by providing nutritious school lunch to vulnerable children. 2. To improve interest in learning and value for education through mentorship programs. 3. To provide basic amenities that ensure effective learning.

Contributed By

Wawira Njiru, Exec Dir, Food 4 Education

Solution Stage

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STAGE	SPECIALIST SKILLS REQUIRED	EXAMPLE ACTIVITIES	RISK LEVEL AND HANDLING	FINANCE REQUIRED	KINDS OF EVIDENCE GENERATED	GOAL
Growing scaling and spreading6	Strong leadership, management, implementation skills	Business or organisational growth Franchising Licensing Legislation Spreading ideas Transferring practice	Fidelity assessments may be important Strong capacity needed to ensure transfer of practice MEDIUM	Equity, loans, payment by results, social impact bonds HIGH	Evidence derived from evaluations in multiple sites, and independently run randomised control trials	Innovation or impact at scale

Submitted By

Steve Wright