23 million children go to school hungry

In Africa, 23 million children go to school hungry. This severely affects their ability to

concentrate in class, in turn affecting their school performance. Many children take to the streets and beg for food in the morning, instead of going to school to learn.

In Kenya, where the Food for Education programme operates, 26% of children are stunted due to chronic undernutrition and 40% suffer from malnutrition. In a country where 46% of the population lives in poverty and 43% of the population are aged 15 years and under, many children are born into and grow up in poverty.

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