We are excited to launch WOF's first outreach project: the Bulungula Incubator's school feeding program.
In 2007 the Bulungula Incubator took action to rebuild the No-ofisi Primary School, a dilapidated mud structure on the Eastern Cape’s Wild Coast. In 2008, they started a school feeding scheme and set up a permaculture garden for vegetables for the lunches. No-ofisi is, however, a government school and in 2009 the government started funding their school feeding scheme. Now, at the start of 2011, the Eastern Cape Education Department has cut all funding for school feeding schemes due to a lack of resources. This is a devastating blow to impoverished families whose children depend on this one meal every day.
A word on BI
Both the Bulungula eco-lodge and the Bulungula Incubator (their sister organization) are deeply embedded in their local community and have been a source of job creation, community upliftment, and environmental stewardship. Read more about BI and their mission here or visit their website at www.bulungulaincubator.org.
A word on school feeding
School feeding schemes are powerful tools for change. Read more about why we support school feeding programs here.
The details
- It costs R3 per day to feed a child at No-ofisi. That is less than $0.43.
- R60, or roughly $8.50, will feed a school child for a month.
- R600, or roughly $85, will feed this child for the school year.
Our goal
To feed 100 children for a year at the No-ofisi Primary. To do this we need to raise $8500.
This is a time-sensitive issue and these children need our support now. WOF will transfer all donated money raised within the first two weeks of this initiative to BI on February 14th. All subsequent funds in support of their school feeding program will be donated on a monthly basis.
To donate now, click here.
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