Moshi, TZ – Schools progressing towards sustainable breakfast program – 5 July 2016

Land-preparation for school breakfast farms is progressing towards a goal of sustainable self-reliance in Kahe. Tupendane has collaborated with three primary schools to clear, plow, and farrow farmland for planting corn and groundnuts for school breakfast. They have also started to dig wells to supply all three schools with a year-round water supply.

The next steps in the project are to finish the wells and run a series of trainings to prepare the student-run school breakfast clubs to maintain their vegetable gardens and farms with mentoring from Tupendane. Students, teachers, and parents are all working hard to get seeds in the ground as early as possible so they can harvest before the hottest and driest season begins in November.

The community has been further energized by contributions from students in the UK and Canada. Students from King’s College in Canada donated $1,500 to purchase water-pumps and fittings at each of the three schools. Students from Northwood College in the UK donated over $6,000 to further support irrigation infrastructure that will be crucial for making the school farms sustainably self-reliant.