Funded by a partner church in the United States
Food at School — Kitchen Build progress, Jepegomi Academy
- Donor: a partner church in the United States
- Gift: $8,000 to build a dedicated kitchen
- Location: Jepegomi Academy, Nairobi, Kenya
- Impact: Hot meals daily for 131 children
- Status: 75% complete — structure done, finishing underway
75%
Kitchen complete
Structure done · finishing touches underway
- 131
- Children Fed Daily
- $8,000
- Donated by a partner church
- 1
- Kitchen Rising in Nairobi
The Story
A partner church in the United States
→ Jepegomi Academy, Nairobi
- Children were eating meals cooked outdoors over open fires
- No proper kitchen, store room, or dining space
- A partner church donated $8,000 to fix that
- Kitchen now 75% complete — walls up, roof on
- Final finishes in progress — see “Still to complete” below
Then & Now
From open fires to a proper kitchen
Before — Cooking Outdoors
- Open fire cooking outdoors
- No shelter, storage or dining space
- Exposed to weather & smoke
Now — The New Kitchen
- Brick walls & iron sheet roof
- Dedicated store room
- Dining area for 50+ children
Photo Journal
Watching it come together
23 photos · tap any to view full size
Still to Complete
What the $8,000 could not reach
The gift is fully spent, and the building stands. These three things ran out of money before they were reached.
A water tank to harvest rainwater, and the pipes to run it
$850
Cabro stones to floor the area where the children eat
$1,000
Plastering and electricity for the dining hall
$1,138
Still needed to finish
$2,988
Every shilling of the $8,000 is accounted for.
Partner With Us
Help us finish the kitchen
$2,988 finishes it. Gifts can be marked for the kitchen, and we will send you the giving details ourselves.
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