Porridge and Rice

Porridge and Rice Porridge and Rice supports schools in the Nairobi slums to enable them to break the cycle of poverty.

The aim of the charity is to enable children living in extreme poverty in the Nairobi slums to receive a quality education. Porridge and Rice works with community schools to deliver a holistic and human-rights based education for some of the poorest children in the world. To this end, the charity will aid in the building, management and running of schools, feeding of the pupils, health checks, and

training of teachers. For example, until November 2013, at Excel Emmanuel school children were taught by candle light for the first hours of the day. Porridge and Rice provided the funds to enable the school to place a light and double electrical sockets in each classroom - just over £100 was needed to cover the cost of both materials and labour. Through poverty or neglect, as many as a quarter of the pupils arrive at school each day having had no breakfast and with no prospect of lunch. Porridge and Rice runs a feeding program at each school that it supports so that no child has to learn on an empty stomach. For as little as 3p per day, the charity can provide a breakfast of porridge with sugar. The first feeding program was launched in March 2014 at Edexcel Emmanuel School for 300 pupils. The feeding program will include breakfast (sweet porridge), as well as lunch (rice and bean stew) and a piece of fruit for every student and teacher - Monday to Friday. As of February 2016, Porridge and Rice partners with 6 schools representing over 2000 pupils.

Address

64 Rydal Gardens Whitton
London
TW32JH

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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