{"id":39346,"date":"2024-05-13T15:03:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T15:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/05\/13\/nairobi-to-reach-over-200000-learners-under-dishi-na-county-initiative\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T15:03:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T15:03:32","slug":"nairobi-to-reach-over-200000-learners-under-dishi-na-county-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/nairobi-to-reach-over-200000-learners-under-dishi-na-county-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Nairobi to reach over 200,000 learners under Dishi na County initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 13 \u2014 Over 200,000 learners in Nairobi are set to receive meals under\u00a0the Dishi na County Initiative following school reopening on Monday with City Hall anticipating increased demand linked to the impact of floods on households.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja\u00a0said the county government had increased meals supported under the initiative by 20,000. The county only provided 180,000 meals daily during the First Term.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the official opening\u00a0of Lenana School Primary by President William Ruto, Sakaja confirmed the initiative will continue.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor\u2019s sentiments were supported by\u00a0Food For Education, a strategic partner of the county-run initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Vincent Muiruri said the initiative has been a catalyst to increased pupil enrolment and retention in public primary schools, hence the need to keep enhancing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019Last Term we had around 184,000 learners,this term we expect the number to increase.. however we have done enough preparations\u00a0 to make sure that they get meals,\u2019\u2019 Muiruri noted.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Twelve kitchens<\/h2>\n<p>Over 1,586 workers under the Dishi na County initiative working in twelve kitchens\u00a0 strategically set up across Nairobi prepare meals and transport them to various schools before 11:30am.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019Preparing meals starts the day before and the food is\u00a0 cooked overnight then transportation starts before 10:00am to various schools\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Food cooked is sourced from different parts of the country by the nongovernmental organization hence empowering farmers financially.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019We get rice from Mwea, beans from central and <em>ndengu<\/em> (green grams) from West Kenya,\u2019\u2019 Muiruti reiterated.<\/p>\n<p>Dishi na County was launched in 2023 with the ground breaking\u00a0ceremony of ten kitchens across the county. The first meal was served on August 28. <\/p>\n<p>In January 2024, the second phase of the programme was launched increasing the number of children receiving school meals to 184,000 up from 80,000 meals.<\/p>\n<p>Food For Education, Nairobi\u2019s partner for the initiative, also operates in Murang\u2019a and Mombasa county.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 13 \u2014 Over 200,000 learners in Nairobi are set to receive meals under\u00a0the Dishi na County Initiative following school reopening on Monday with City Hall anticipating increased demand linked to the impact of floods on households. Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja\u00a0said the county government had increased meals supported under the initiative by 20,000. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}