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Dora Secondary SchoolFeeding ProgramKuru Kuru, Guyana
Project GoalReduce hunger for students attending Dora Secondary Schoolthrough daily school meals, which will help improve schoolattendance and academic performance rates.Changes to Project DescriptionWe would like to remind you that the school feeding program at DoraSecondary School is in its third term of implementation. Food For ThePoor (FFTP) feeds 300 students three times per week. Guyana’sMinistry of Education feeds the same students the other two schooldays. This past cycle, the Ministry of Education sent a surplus of rations forthe feeding program and as a result, we were able to extend it untilDecember of 2023.
Project UpdateDora Secondary School’s feeding program commenced onSeptember 5, 2022, at the beginning of the school term, untilDecember 9, 2022, when the Christmas vacation break started.Schools reopened on January 3, 2023 and the feeding programbegan on January 16, running until March 31. Schools were closedduring the Easter vacation break, reopening on April 17, 2023, withthe feeding program still in effect. As the world continues to face a global crisis in all-time high foodprices, the school feeding program at Dora Secondary School ensuresthat 300 students are fed three times per week, the days not coveredby the Ministry of Education.Apart from alleviating hunger while students are at school, it reducestheir vulnerability to truancy. The meals act as an incentive forincreased attendance and better grades. Some students walk the 3.5-mile trail from the highway to the school and back. Despitetransportation challenges, most students of Dora Secondary Schoolremain committed to attending classes.
TestimonialsDevon McClean Devon is an eighth-grade Dora Secondary School student living in theKuru Kuru Village. He lives in a one-bedroom wooden flat with fiveother family members, of which he is the youngest. His mother is unemployed and his father does odd jobs around thecommunity and nearby hamlets to maintain their family.It takes Devon 20 minutes to walk to school. Devon explained that the only reason he is still at school is because ofthe school feeding program. Otherwise, he would have dropped outof school a while back to seek employment and help sustain hisfamily.
Akayla George Akayla is in seventh grade at the Dora Secondary School. She and hercousins attend school without money or anything to eat.Akayla lives at Yarrowkabra, a small village before Kuru Kuru, withnine other household members, sharing a three-bedroom woodenhouse. Akayla’s grandmother is the primary caregiver for her and hercousins, but because she suffers from arthritis, she cannot stand forlong periods. Only dinner is provided for the family.
Triston Kumar Triston is a grade nine student who lives at the Yarrowkabra Villagewith his family, grandparents and uncle. Eight persons share a two-bedroom concrete house and Triston sleeps in a room with hisgrandparents. He has lived with his extended family since he was eight. His parentslive in Region One and they can not afford to take care of him. Tristonexplained that his grandfather is very sickly and his grandmother triesto sustain them with her pension. Triston is happy that he receives a meal at school each day, whichhelps his grandmother to save and cater to other family needs. As an aspiring pilot, Triston is excited to be at school and build hiseducational foundation to fulfill his dream of someday attending theUniversity of Guyana. Triston, sitting to the left, is enjoying his school meal with a friend.
Remaining Project ComponentsThanks to your generosity and additional funding from the Ministry ofEducation, the program will continue until December 2023.The school feeding program at Dora Secondary School continuesacting as a safety net for the 300 students it serves. You are thegenerous sponsor providing that net. High school is the gateway tohigher education and you are giving these young people a chance tocontinue their studies. For that, the school, caregivers and studentsare forever grateful."Then Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.'" John 6:35
A grade nine student, one of 300 beneficiaries, takes a break toenjoy the school meal, a safety net helping parents keep thechildren attending classes.
Your beneficiaries come from homes that can barely affordmeals at home, much less at school. These youngsters are veryappreciative of their dinner.
The headteacher checks on the children during meal breaks.School educators are grateful for the program that brings morechildren to school with better results.
Lunch period is a good time to catch up with your friends andenjoy a nutritious meal.
What you do for these kids is such a blessing. God is workingthrough you and you are working for the Lord!"Give us today our daily bread." Matthew 6:11
About Food For The PoorFood For The Poor, one of the largest international relief anddevelopment organizations in the nation, does much more than feedmillions of hungry children and families living in poverty primarily in 17countries of the Caribbean and Latin America. Thisinterdenominational Christian ministry provides emergency reliefassistance, water, medicine, educational materials, homes, support forvulnerable children, care for the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance. For more information, please visitwww.FoodForThePoor.org.To view this update online, please visit the following website:[Updated Link from Share page in SB]