Rural Family Hope Kenya

10/06/2026

We've been working alongside our farmer groups in Nyansiongo to establish nursery beds for kale, spinach, coriander and carrots; laying the foundation for household kitchen gardens and stronger food security.

For us, school feeding is about more than the meals served today. It's about creating pathways for communities to produce, access and sustain nutritious food for years to come.

By investing in farmers, we're investing in healthier families, more resilient communities and a future where local solutions help end hunger.

Every seed planted today brings us one step closer to that vision.

28/05/2026

Today is World Hunger Day and we're reflecting on what's possible when communities come together.

Since 2022, we have served 3,698,952 meals across 6 schools in 3 counties; that's over 2.69 billion kilocalories of nourishment, hope and opportunity delivered to children who deserve a full plate and a bright future.
Every meal is more than food. It's better attendance. Better focus. Better futures.

Thank you to our partners Rise Against Hunger, supporters and community members who makes this possible. Together, we nourish potential.

25/05/2026

Through the support of Rise Against Hunger and its generous donors, the schools that we support now have improved kitchen facilities and access to clean water through newly drilled boreholes. These investments have strengthened our school feeding program, improved hygiene standards and created safer learning environments for children.

At Rural Family Hope, we've seen firsthand how these improvements contribute to healthier learners, stronger schools and more resilient communities.

We are grateful to Rise Against Hunger and every supporter helping create lasting change for children and communities across the regions that we support.

21/05/2026

Behind every thriving school garden is a community that decided to invest in its children.

This is the heart of what we do at Rural Family Hope, working alongside families, teachers and local farmers in rural Kenya to ensure every child has access to nutritious meals and the chance to learn, grow and dream bigger.

Proud to share the work happening on the ground. The roots are strong. The future is bright.

19/05/2026

This is what happens when we invest in children, especially girls, in underserved communities. Education and nutrition aren't charity, they're catalysts.

We talk a lot about impact in the development space. Deborah's journey is the impact. Her story is proof that when communities get the right support, they don't just survive, they transform.

Check out her full story at the link. It's worth every minute of your time
https://hubs.li/Q04gClys0

In Kisii, Kenya, Deborah is on the path to a bright future!

While attending Sosera Primary School, Deborah received daily meals through the Feed for Knowledge school feeding program, implemented by Rise Against Hunger and our partner Rural Family Hope. With the nourishment she needed to thrive academically, she became one of the school's top students!

Deborah has since graduated from primary school, but her story doesn't end there. She now attends St. Charles Ichuni Girls Secondary School with a one-year full scholarship and is pursuing her dreams!

Deborah's story is a powerful reminder of how access to nutrition and education can help students reach their full potential. This is the impact The Journey of a Meal makes in communities all over the world — a seed of hope that blooms into transformation!

Want to learn what Deborah's dreams are for her future? (Here's a hint: 🩺) Check out our latest blog to find out and read her story: https://hubs.li/Q04gBPqM0

15/05/2026

We don't just train our farmers. We show them too.

Recently, alongside Equity Bank and SEEFA Farm at Tindereti, Borabu Sub-County, our Lisha Kwa Maarifa farmers walked through greenhouses, diversified crops and a model that connects financing with practice.

The same farmers we've supported from seeds to topdressing this season now seeing what's possible with their own eyes.

Three of them sat with us on camera. Their words say it better than we can.
Rise Against Hunger

30/04/2026

150 adolescents, 9 months, One county.
Migori has an HIV prevalence of 9.7% nearly 3times Kenya's national average according to National Syndemic Disease Control Council . 1 in 4 girls aged 15–19 has already begun childbearing.
The Tujiunge Project didn't lead with warnings. It led with structure, mentorship and community.
The results from cohort one:
150 adolescents mentored
80 parents reached through a positive parenting program
School health committees established in two primary schools; Get and Awendo
This short film tells this story through the people who lived it; a graduating student, program facilitators and a teacher who watched the shift happen in real time.
This is what community-driven health programming looks like.
Rise Against Hunger

27/04/2026

This is what the journey looks like, from seed to standing crop.
A few weeks ago, we walked these same fields with our farmers across Nyamira, Homa Bay and Migori Counties. Back then, it was freshly turned soil and newly planted seeds, the beginning of a season we had committed to see through together.

This past week, our M&E officer and agronomist went back.
Not with new inputs. Not with new promises. But to see and to check.
Are the crops growing?
Are farmers applying what they learned in their training groups?
Are the planting techniques translating from the classroom to the field?
What we found in the farms tells its own story. The maize is standing. The rows are visible. The knowledge is showing up in the soil.
Where gaps or old habits appeared, our agronomist was right there, notebook in hand, listening first then guiding.
This is what monitoring actually looks like on the ground. Not dashboards. Not reports. Two people standing in a farmer's field, asking the right questions.
And the timing matters: these farm visits coincided with the topdressing phase, the critical mid-season fertilizer application that determines how well the crop fills out before harvest.

142 farmers across six school communities have now received their topdressing support.
The season isn't over. But the crop is growing and so is the system behind it.
Training → Seeds → Farm monitoring → Topdressing → Harvest → School meals
This is the chain we are building, one visit at a time.

Rise Against Hunger

23/04/2026

The best development stories don't begin with support. They begin with a decision.
Stephen Okwami made his in Nyamira hills, switching from maize to cabbages when the numbers stopped working, learning from RFH agronomist, leaning on the Baraka Farmers Group and building something that now pays his children's school fees from the same soil that once gave him almost nothing.

The hands that grow is a short documentary about what smallholder farming really looks like and what's possible when the right support meets the right farmer.

This project has been made possible by the continued support and partnership from Rise Against Hunger

07/06/2024