Can the rest of Africa learn from Kenyas school meals scheme?
Hunger. It\u2019s not just a horrible feeling\u2026 it also has a massive impact on how a child performs academically and how productive they will be as an adult.
A new Gates Foundation report \u201cThe Race to Nourish a Warming World\u201d calls malnutrition the world\u2019s worst health crisis - with more than 400 million children not getting the nutrients they need to grow and thrive.
Many of those children are in Africa - and one organisation trying to tackle child hunger is Food4Education. Since 2016 they have provided over 50 million meals in primary and secondary schools in Kenya. The cost to the parent in Nairobi is just 5 Kenyan shillings \u2013 that\u2019s 3-4 US cents per plate.
So can other African countries learn lessons?
Today Alan speaks to Wawira Njiru the organisation's founder, as well as Stella Mose, a mother of two children who eat the meals, and who is also employed as manager for Tap2Eat - a payments system which enables kids to pay for their school meals electronically.