Ongandjera Solar Project


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This project aims to improve primary school enrollment and child nutrition by developing a school-feeding program using Solar Ovens.



In Ongandjera, it is estimated that 40% of school age children have lost at least one of their parents to HIV/AIDS. Additionally, due to financial constraints, many of these learners miss at least one meal a day. Ensuring a free or subsidized lunch at school provides a strong incentive for parents to send their children to school.

Research suggests that school feeding programs, in addition to improving child welfare and nutrition, can increase school enrollment rates. This is due to the fact that, in Namibia, the school day ends at 1:00PM, which removes the school’s responsibility to feed lunch to learners.

Project's Beginnings
 The project started when a US Peace Corp volunteer at the school began using a donated solar oven to make bread to sell to teachers. Without the competition of a school feeding program, the bread project quickly began making profits, which were used to establish a new library for the school.

How Promote Africa Fits In
 We extended this idea by providing a Solar Oven as well as Garden and Kitchen construction supplies needed by Omituthu Combined School to help feed 350 elementary schoolers regular lunches and snacks, for a mere $3 per child helped. We hope to extend this project across other schools in Namibia, and
we need your help.

Help Make this Project a Reality for Hundreds of Young Learners!
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To help visualize how much value this project makes out of your dollars, consider that a $60 donation would support the food infrastructure for a class of 20 young learners for the entire span of K through 12.

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