Kambi Teso Feeding Programme

The Open Arms Feeding Programme has been taking place every week since July 2008, in the slum area of Kambi Teso on the edge of Eldoret.

Approximately 100 children benefit from the hot and nutritious meal provided each lunch time from Tuesday through Friday, and for many of them it is the only hot meal they get. All of the children are part of the programme because they have been identified by the local elders as having particularly acute social needs; some are from child headed households, some are looked after by elderly grandparents following the death of parents and some have other social needs. Many of the older children turn up with a younger sibling in tow, or riding on their back, as they have responsibility for the younger members of their family.

The meal is prepared every day by Betty and Susan, at the Open Arms office, and then transported up to Kambi Teso for distribution by the two of them, plus Metrine who is the feeding programme coordinator.  As well as receiving nutritious food, the children also benefit from the regular contact with Open Arms staff who keep an eye out for any social and medical issues that may arise and they get the opportunity to sing songs and play games  with the staff. The mothers of some of the children are also being counselled in life and business skills, teaching them how to earn and save money and care for their children.

There are also regular childrens and adult ministrys, and during the past year there have been medical clinics and a fumigating programme to remove the jigger fleas from the homes of many of the children.

If you would like to support this programme, then please contact the Open Arms office on 0845 402 5898, or e-mail info@openarms.org.uk