At Kuraiha recently, lunchtime looked like this: the scent of warm, fresh food, the chatter of excited voices rippling down two long lines that formed outside the classrooms. Large eyes in small faces watching closely as rice and mung beans (known locally as green grams) are spooned onto plates, some pushing bites into their mouths even before they turn away from the lunch ladies.
The addition of school lunches at Kuraiha has resulted in an increased enrollment from 1,200 to 1,800 pupils, as well as improved test scores, and a better sense of security since the students don’t have to leave school grounds to get lunch, said Kuraiha Deputy Headmaster Steven Ndirangu.
Miriam Mwandonyi, a teacher for the last ten years, is particularly focused on the way school meals support each individual student’s education.
