by mfc_webmaster | Sep 16, 2022 | news
As he celebrates his 31st birthday this month, Francis Amonde is using the occasion to improve his school feeding program Cup of Uji. This is a personal initiative with which Francis provides underprivileged school children with a cup of porridge daily to meet their...
by mfc_webmaster | Sep 5, 2022 | news
Every day, students go to school on an empty stomach and are expected to fully participate in class and extracurricular activities and perform well. Francis Otieno decided to do something about it. In 2011, he visited his late mother, a public primary school teacher...
by mfc_webmaster | May 15, 2021 | news
The Cup of Uji initiative is giving breakfast and lunch every day to 5,295 pupils at six schools in Kenya. It also provides sanitary pads to girls and boxers to boys and also offers mentorship programs. To read more, visit the following link...
by mfc_webmaster | Mar 19, 2019 | news
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 19 – In Balozi Academy located deep in the slums of Kawangware, the pupils have every reason to smile. These children always look forward to coming to school every morning as they are assured of a cup of porridge. We meet Francis Amonde, the...
by mfc_webmaster | Dec 13, 2018 | news
Millions of children under five years suffer from acute malnutrition due to poor feeding habits arising from lack of enough nutritious food, says the 2018 Global Health Report. Africa is one of the two continents that bear the greatest share of all forms of...
