Food brings pupils back to class

t break-time. Pupils enjoy porridge at Kitanga Primary School in Kisarawe. A good number of pupils had turned to shunning school after the feeding programme was stopped due to lack of funds. PHOTO|COURTESY

What you need to know:

  • “It is difficult to study on an empty stomach, and there is no hope of getting food until evening,” she says.
  • She is not alone. Apparently, hers is the plight of a significant number pupils across the country, who head off to school every morning without taking breakfast because their families cannot afford it.