Lunch Program

In order to ensure our students are receiving the nourishment they need; we provide our students in Livingstone with lunch Monday’s - Saturdays’s when school is in session. The lunch we provide consists of Nshima (which is the local Zambian cuisine) with vegetables from Mondays - Thursdays and we provide peanut butter sandwiches with juice on Fridays and Saturdays. The students who attend Extra Lessons in the morning eat lunch when they finish their lessons, and the students who attend Extra Lessons in the afternoon eat lunch as soon as they arrive at Extra Lessons. FHCI's Project Coordinators who are in charge of teaching Extra Lessons communicate with the student's parents/guardians to ensure that the cooking schedule runs smoothly. Each student's parent/guardian is required to help prepare lunch for the students at Extra Lessons one week each term.

Our students outside of Livingstone, who attend boarding school in Kazungula and Zimba, are provided with meals at school, the cost of which is included in their boarding fees. While all of the students in our Sponsorship Program are vulnerable, nineteen of our twenty-two boarding school students are extremely vulnerable (many of these students prior to entering boarding school were homeless, abandoned by their parents, living in extremely abusive situations, etc.). For these nineteen students we spend an extra K1,000 (approximately $60) per term per child ($180 per year per child) on additional food to supplement their diet. The food that they are fed at school is the bare minimum so we provide them with cereal, snacks, juice, and other food that they can eat while they study to keep their energy levels up.