{"id":2885,"date":"2010-05-20T21:38:48","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T21:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2012-06-25T09:34:52","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T09:34:52","slug":"feeding-programs-at-mukuni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2010\/feeding-programs-at-mukuni\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeding Programs at Mukuni"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the area where The Butterfly Tree<\/a> works is not an area of famine there is a great deal of hunger, particularly amongst the children who have to walk a considerable distance to school. Leaving home at 4am, covering a distance of ten miles to reach school for start of lessons at 7am is not an easy task.\u00a0This is to be\u00a0followed by a\u00a0full morning of\u00a0lessons so by noon their stomachs are\u00a0rumbling ferociously. For the lucky ones they will have brought food to school or been given money to buy\u00a0something at the\u00a0Mukuni Village<\/a>\u00a0market; for the less fortunate no food is available until after the return journey to their village.<\/p>\n

Since\u00a02006 The Butterfly has provided a nutritional feeding program, generously sponsored by Cunninghams<\/a>\u00a0for almost 500 vulnerable pupils at Mukuni Village<\/a>. This year thanks to the generosity of Karen Lytle, a philanthropic traveler <\/a>from Arizona four other schools, N’gandu<\/a>, Kamwi, Siamasimbi and Katapazi have their own feeding programs. Mubiana\u00a0Community School\u00a0has also received funds donated by Placer Nature Centre<\/a>. All of these schools, along with Mukuni<\/a>, have been given seeds to grow their own vegetables\u00a0to add\u00a0sustainability. This year most of them had good crops of maize, the staple diet of Zambia<\/a>. The maize has been dried, ground and stored for use during the dry season, now they are planting vegetables to support the feeding programs.<\/p>\n

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Feeding programs: <\/strong>Katapazi and Mukuni\u00a0– two of the schools that grow their own maize <\/em><\/p>\n

These feeding programs are essential, without them both attendence and performance is poor. We are encouring all the schools to become sustainable, each of them has been given a bore hole to support this program, the last to be completed\u00a0is at Kamwi Basic School<\/a>. This is a great boost for the schools, especially during the dry season when it is normal to go six months without rain. Once again we are grateful to Just a Drop<\/a> for providing the funds\u00a0for\u00a0our water<\/a> projects. Seeing fresh, clean water\u00a0pumping from underground gives much joy\u00a0to the communities and a healthier option than\u00a0using rivers and streams\u00a0contaminated with\u00a0bacteria.<\/p>\n

\"CIMG4286\"<\/a>\u00a0 \"CIMG4473\"<\/a><\/p>\n

New bore hole & Indian hand pump for Kamwi Basic School<\/em><\/p>\n

Both the feeding programs and water projects have made a substantial\u00a0‘Change for the Better’<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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