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The Africa Inland Church in Kisumu has founded and helped fund dozens of primary and secondary schools in western Kenya. Many of the students are very poor, living with one parent, a grandparent, or even no parents. Kenya’s government provides buildings, equipment, and teachers, but school children’s families must find the funds for uniforms, school supplies, and meals.
We became aware that the students were interested in growing gardens for food, but few of them could afford the negligible $2/week cost to eat noon meals at the schools. Many were walking home in the noonday sun only to find a drink of water, nothing to eat. Education provides a path to success, yet hungry growing bodies must be fed in order to remain in school, learn, and thrive.
The problem is daunting. Yet this year we received a grant from the Power of One in Indianapolis to jumpstart a pilot program at a single school, Renja Primary School, which educates about 600 pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade students.
We need your help. For $1250 we can build, fence, and bring water to a school garden and build a low-smoke stove, investing permanently in lunch for a new primary school. Then, for only $10, we can supply the dry goods and supplies to feed a single child for a year. Please consider a gift to help make Growing Gardens, Feeding Minds a reality for our children. Or consider asking your congregation to adopt an entire classroom for multiple years.
Our fiscal partner, Basic Needs, Simple Solutions, stands ready to facilitate your tax-deductible gift. To give through PayPal or credit or debit card, either once or monthly, go to the GGRE page here.
Or give through Zelle by following the QR code at right.
Or send checks earmarked “GGFM” (Growing Gardens, Feeding Minds) to:
Basic Needs, Simple Solutions
9047 Pleasant Garden Court
Camby, Indiana 46113
Or set up a recurring gift through your bank’s “bill pay” system.
Questions? Contact Trisha Tull at trishatull@gmail.com or Mark Lynch at mark@basicandsimple.org.
