Feeding hungry people

Hungry children

Children and adults in Funzi and Bodo  are no strangers to hunger and malnutrition. International aid has been sent by organisations like USAID but it’s only ever for short periods and there’s rarely enough to go round.  The war in Ukraine triggered large scale hunger as basic food prices doubled . Headteachers reported that children were fainting from hunger. The Funzi and Bodo Trust now provides up to 1500 meals every week to school children. This is protein rich and is boosting malnutrition and the ability to learn

Food for the Future

The Funzi and Bodo Trust has a farm school  teaching children and adults how to grow a wide variety of crops including aubergines, peppers , chillies, tomatoes  and spinach.  This provides affordable food, improves health and families can sell surplus food to boost their incomes to lift themselves  out of poverty.  A sustainable approach to hunger and poverty alleviation

Starting Small Businesses  

The Funzi and Bodo Trust offers interest free loans to individuals and groups to start or build small businesses to crate family incomes and alleviate poverty. These have included a seaweed farm, a carpentry business making school desks, a catering co-opartive for weddings and even a school text book project.

Sewing Workshops

Originally created to make reusable sanitary pads to help girls stay in school whe menstruating these workshops are also hubs for making clothes to sell. The charity provided sewing machines and training to make school uniforms, dresses and traditional clothing for the groups to sell and boost family incomes.