Solar Ovens Project:

This project aims to improve primary school enrollment and child nutrition by developing a sustainable school-feeding program for 350 young learners

Introductions

In Ongandjera, it is estimated that 40% of school age children have lost at least one of their parents to HIV/AIDS. Additionally, due to financial constraints, many of these learners miss at least one meal a day. Ensuring a free or subsidized lunch at school provides a strong incentive for parents to send their children to school.

Research suggests that school feeding programs, in addition to improving child welfare and nutrition, can increase school enrollment rates. This is due to the fact that, in Namibia, the school day ends at 1:00PM, which removes the school's responsibility to feed lunch to learners.

How We Fit In

We extended this idea by providing a Solar Oven as well as Garden and Kitchen construction supplies needed by Omituthu Combined School to help feed 350 elementary schoolers regular lunches and snacks, for a mere $3 per child helped.

The Solar Ovens Project is our first BIG project funded to date.