“Bring porridge, it’s very much needed. The kids don’t want to eat the one we buy in Lusaka.”
This is what Sister Mariola told us when we asked what they need most before our next trip to Zambia. Our babies (4 months and older), whose diets we are trying to diversify, can’t imagine a day without delicious, nutritious porridge. It’s their main meal. Their favorite flavors are strawberry and banana. Colorful bowls, each labeled with a child’s name, are brought out to the yard three times a day. The aunties, volunteers and older children sit there on comfortable foam mats and help feed our little ones.
A school kit includes notebooks, allowing children to study at home. It also includes a pair of shoes, which, if not for Kasisi, they would have to borrow from their siblings. And finally, a delicious, healthy sandwich in the backpack, which gives them the energy they need for their studies. Just like the sandwich their mother would prepare. You can pack one into their backpack today—from right here, from your own home.