The Lisha Project

The Lisha Project is a community-based organization whose focus is to address hunger and malnutrition in public primary schools that are based in the informal settlements and rural Laikipia through a school feeding programme dubbed "ONE CHILD FED". The school feeding program has also boosted the local economy, since most, if not all the components used in feeding the childrenare sourced directly from the local farmers and retailers. Numerous other business and employment opportunities have also been created through the employment of cooks, and nutrition training through the school garden program (SGP). The local community is more involved in solving local challenges, which gives them ownership of the program, and further guarantees its sustainability. Lisha is also underpinned by the Kenyan Constitution (2010), which expressly recognizes access to food as a human right. Vision 2030, aims to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing middle-income country providing high quality of life to all its citizens by the year 2030. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) 2015 pillars 1 & 2 on the other hand, envision eradication of extreme poverty and hunger free world by 2030, respectively. Our program addresses these aspirations in a practical, meaningful, and scalable approach. Lisha envisions hunger free schools with a mission of eliminating school hunger, while providing leadership in formulating innovative, holistic, communal & sustainable mechanisms that will create a hunger free tomorrow for all, access to clean water, gender equality, quality education opportunity and environment conservation.