Wawira Njiru

And yet, Africa has the lowest penetration of school feeding programs globally, at just 19%.

If school meals can be ubiquitous in New York and London, they can and should be in Africa, too.

Schools are where children gather, where they spend most of their day.

In fact, we have 600 million kids in Africa today.

That's a lot of kids.

That makes schools the most practical and impactful place to deliver critical nutrition.

By feeding kids in school, we're not just giving them calories, we're giving them the ability to focus, to grow and to thrive.

So today, we harness the power of local governments, parent ownership and technological ingenuity to provide half a million meals daily.

But how?

Thank you.

School feeding programs have long struggled with global supply chains, so it was obvious to us that we needed to work with local smallholder farmers.

On every plate, there are ingredients that have been harvested in the most recent season, making our meals fresh, nutritious, delicious, and supporting our local economies.

Mary, a supplier from my hometown, now provides us 10,000 times the number of bags of beans than she provided to us in 2012.

Her first delivery to us was with a motorbike.

Her latest?

65 trucks.

I love that for her.

Our meals are cost-efficient at just 30 cents, making it Kenya's most affordable and nutritious meal.

Parents contribute a subsidized amount, and kids just tap to eat.

Our kitchens are built for scale and better for the planet.