Free hot school meal everyday
August 17, 2008
The 2005 “State of Food Insecurity in the World” report states that “hungry children start school later, if at all, drop out sooner and learn less while they do attend, stalling progress towards universal primary and secondary education”. (Millennium Development Goal No.s 2).
It will be a priority of every Edu-POD facility to provide a free hot meal to every child while at school. This will have an immediate effect on their health through the regular taking of healthy and nutrient rich hot food and aid them in their concentration while attending lessons.
This will allow the monitoring by the Medi-POD medical staff, of the children’s progress in terms of weight gain and overall well being. The teachers in the Edu-POD should see a steady improvement in concentration levels of the children during classes. This provision would go a great way towards dealing with the issue of hunger that plagues the Least Developed Countries and Sub-Saharan Africa in particular.
A potential side effect of this type of provision is that it will act as a way to attract children to attend school. Parents will see a double-benefit in that the children receive a free hot meal while at school but also bring home provisions that are locally produced
and given to the children’s families as part of the outreach programme.
This would help all members of the community in one go as the provisions would be available to all to utilise. It could form part of a community wide monitoring project by the Edu-POD and Medi-POD teams working together to tackle the issue of hunger.
Geo-POD
August 14, 2008
A sustainable infrastructure facility using locally manufactured units called PODs; the Geo-POD acts as the catalyst for people in developing countries to change their lives.