{"id":44484,"date":"2022-04-22T15:46:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T15:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyamboyotechnical.org\/?p=44484"},"modified":"2022-04-22T15:47:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T15:47:45","slug":"the-breakfast-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyamboyotechnical.org\/the-breakfast-club\/","title":{"rendered":"The Breakfast Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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By <\/b>Jones Obiria<\/p>

What do you do when the government closes schools for a month with only a few days\u2019 notice?\u00a0 When students who attend your school, depend on you, not just for education but also for the food, the vital nutrition to grow in mind and body?\u00a0 Hungry bodies are vulnerable \u2013 to COVID, malaria, and other temptations that pray on teens.<\/p>

Two weeks ago, the Kenyan government announced that schools in affected areas would close \u00a0for a month.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Malaria.\u00a0 East Africa has been tormented by malaria this year, set off by unseasonable rains, then drought, then rains.\u00a0 A perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes.\u00a0 Another unkindness of nature after two years of Covid.<\/p>

Once again, the strategy is to shut things down, this time allowing the government to spray while the community cleans out all possible mosquito sources.\u00a0 Mosquitoes breed everywhere \u2013 in puddles, pipes, bushes, and trash.\u00a0 All villagers have been called upon to clean up their homes, street, and community common areas while the government, little by little, sprays each neighborhood to eliminate the mosquito population.<\/p>

But at NTS, our students depend on us for food.\u00a0 After every school break, it is not unusual to see weight loss \u2013 sometimes dramatic \u2013 as families go hungry.\u00a0 It is not only heartbreaking but preventable.<\/p>

So, enter the twice-weekly NTS Breakfast Club.\u00a0 Every Monday and Thursday morning, students come to school for a hearty breakfast and a school update.\u00a0 They hear about their programs, meet new teachers and staff, see friends, and share a healthy meal.\u00a0 As they leave, they are given a 2-kilo bag of rice and beans \u2013 enough to get their family through the few days until the next breakfast club.<\/p>

Rice and beans form a \u201cperfect\u201d protein.\u00a0 While it\u2019s hardly a feast, it keeps our sworn enemies, hunger and malnutrition at bay. Students get out of the house and have social time, positive contact with teachers and friends.\u00a0 And families know that when their students come home, there will be sustenance for all.\u00a0<\/p>

A full belly and a happy heart keep us all on track.<\/p>

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