🇰🇪 From Feeding 80 People to 100 Million Meals: The Incredible Rise of Wawira Njiru
When Wawira Njiru was just 20 years old, she organized a small fundraiser in Kenya — cooking for 80 people to help raise money for local school meals. What started as a simple act of service became the seed for one of Africa’s most impactful feeding programs.
Fourteen years later, Njiru is the founder of Food4Education, a nonprofit that now provides over 600,000 hot, nutritious meals every single day to schoolchildren across Kenya. In total, the organization has served more than 100 million meals, dramatically improving school attendance, concentration, and overall child welfare.
Her innovative approach integrates technology and mobile payments, allowing families to contribute small amounts while maintaining dignity and community ownership. Parents, local cooks, and suppliers are part of the ecosystem — ensuring the movement uplifts the entire community, not just the children.
Njiru’s work shows what’s possible when one person’s dream meets sustained effort, technology, and collective action. What began as feeding 80 people became a national model for child nutrition.
Source: @globalpositivenews
