Java House, Food for Education feeds 184,000 learners

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Java House, Food for Education feeds 184,000 learners
L-R Priscilla Gathungu, Java House Group CEO and Naima Hassan, Java House Chief Operations Officer feeds children at Ngunyumu Primary School During JAVA House 24th Anniversary CSR. Java House marked its 24th anniversary through a series of social impact initiatives to benefit hundreds of school-going pupils through its Java Foundation/COURTESY

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 4 – Java House and Food for Education feeding programs benefited 184,000 learners last year in the country.

Through its foundation, Java currently supports 2,500 school-going children with daily lunches at Ngunyumu and Gatina Primary Schools and Gatina Primary School.

It also works with Stanbic Bank and Uni Industries on the project.

“What is saddest for us but also inspiring to hear, is that often the students split half their meals to share with their family members at home who don’t enjoy such access,” Java House CEO Priscilla Gathungu said while the firm was celebrating its 24th anniversary.

“It’s also recognising that this would not be possible without our 14,000 guests that we serve every day and that this allows the pupils to show up meaningfully for themselves and their communities,” Gathungu said.

Food for Education fundraising manager Fayruz Adan thanked Java House for supporting the initiative.

Stanbic Bank also donated computers and equipped Gatina Primary School Lab with computers, while Uni Industries donated kitchen and cooking equipment.

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