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Porridge for Papoli

Imagine what it is like to be hungry.
Imagine what it is like to feel the gnawing pain that is deep inside you, a hunger that never leaves.
It is hard to believe that children in this world where so much abundance exits, must go hungry. 

But the reality is that this is life in many rural areas of this world. 
This is life in rural Uganda.

Imagine.

The Porridge for Papoli project is an innovative method of assisting the poor communities in Papoli village to feed these children who attend the preschool and the primary school. Many of these come to school in the early morning hours without breakfast after going to sleep with a stomach half empty, for there is little food to feed them at home.

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The concept of feeding porridge to these children during lunch time was developed to try and address this need.  The provision of porridge will serve many purposes:
  • Kids will have nutrition
  • Kids will concentrate in class and performance will improve
  • Absenteeism will be minimized
  • School drop out due to hunger will cease
  • Parents will concentrate more in home work and worry less about feeding their children at school
  • Punctuality in school will be observed
  • There will be a market for local peasants to sell their corn to the school

By feeding the body, the mind and the spirit are also fed.

For $33 a day, 1200 children in the schools of this small community can be fed 5 days a week.
If 100 people pledge $100, all of these children may be fed for one full year!
Please think of joining our 100/100 Club today to feed those who are hungry and most vulnerable.



 

About Papoli

Papoli village is located in Iyolwa sub county, west Budama county, Tororo district, Uganda. Read more...

News from Papoli

Emmanuel Ofumbi
Read news and stories about Papoli, Uganda as reported by village elder Emmanuel Ofumbi.

Papoli Update: 08/16/12

The staff houses are nearly complete! ...
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Reflections: Papoli's Pediatric Clinic

Walking into the Robert H. Cooley Pediatric Clinic, I didn’t know what to expect. ...
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Papoli Update: 03/13/12

Building progress in Papoli! ...
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Papoli Update: 02/26/12

The new year, 2012 has started on high gear with lots of dedication to duties by our day care staff and the volunteer teams spread all over the 11 sub-villages in Papoli and 5 other neighboring villag...
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Papoli Update: 06/06/11

Oasis of Love. The first week in May I was able to do something that over the past nine years has only been a dream.  I visited the tiny village of Papoli, Uganda. &...
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