When I first visited Kaluoki Village in January, I saw many children eating mangoes. The teachers told me that the mangoes were ripe and plentiful. But, they added, the season would end in February. "What will they eat then?" I asked.
They all looked down and shrugged. "Whatever their parents can afford. For some, almost nothing. The drought here has been very bad, and the maize crop has failed."
How can you not respond to hungry children? Some of them walk 3 miles to school in the morning. They are so eager to learn.
We set about getting funds to buy porridge, and through a generous donation from a Chicago nonprofit IBEJI were able to begin a school lunch program when I arrived in Kenya in May.