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We mainstream school feeding programs across Africa

We design a blueprint, operate it, then support replication.

Design

We design. Making the blueprint for efficient, nutritious and affordable School Feeding Programs at scale.

See our design process

Operate

We operate. Optimizing with novel tech dashboard and predictive analytics, driving efficiency gains. 

Learn how we operate

Replicate

We replicate. Activating kitchen by kitchen, school by school. Then supporting others to adapt and adopt.

Understand how we share
  • Sourcing
  • Storing
  • Cooking
  • Delivering

Sourcing

We know local ingredients are more palatable to kids and friendlier to the environment. They also compose a well-balanced diet. Our school meals have an average of 7.0 food categories, above the global average and well ahead of the 5.3 average for other African school feeding programs.

We’re dedicated to strengthening local supply chains. It’s part of FOOD AND EDUCATION FOR KIDS - Feeding the future . We source approximately 80% of our ingredients from the local region. And our fresh produce is 100% Kenyan grown. We purchase 42 tons of vegetables every week. We also source large volumes of beans and lentils from local farmers for 3–4 months at a time to secure the best prices.

Storing

Central storage creates efficiency and safety. Aggregators deliver ingredients to F4E’s 30,000 ft2 warehouse. There we use global best practices to prevent wastage and spoilage, including limiting moisture content, fumigation, and conducting lab analyses on dry goods.

As dry grains are delivered, we use a sorting machine to cut sorting time by 87% compared to manual sorting and increase accuracy to 99%. From this central warehouse, we use predictive analytics tools to estimate the volume of supplies needed in each kitchen. Our processes cut food wastage to nearly 0% versus an industry average of 5%.

Cooking

We’ve developed various centralized kitchen types to accommodate urban, peri-urban, and rural contexts. A kitchen model consists of physical design, construction, interior layouts, and safety standards. We create consistency to optimize efficiency and management.

We have high-tech, mechanized and cost-effective central kitchens. These kitchens are equipped with steam-powered cookers that reduce cook time by 60%. Including our Giga Kitchen in Nairobi (Africa’s largest kitchen!) that can feed 60,000 children a day. Our decentralized kitchens serve rural areas with more dispersed populations. In all our kitchens, meals are prepared according to stringent food safety standards.

Delivering

We nail on-time and safe delivery, daily. Our trucks and motorbikes verify meal quantities and deliver food to partner schools. Meals are served fresh during a fixed window between 12:20–1:30 pm. We’ve developed a meticulous logistics system that manages over 40 trucks to ensure lunches are delivered at least 65°C with no contamination and no delays.

Once at the schools, kids use their Tap2Eat wristbands to deduct a small amount from their virtual wallets and then fill up their lunch boxes. They enjoy a delicious and exuberant lunch hour, then return to class ready to focus and participate.

Lunch begins with Tap2Eat

We’re obsessed with data-informed operations. Because every efficiency win means a lower cost per meal for parents.

We use established tech in novel ways to have real-time visibility into every part of the blueprint – reducing kitchen waste to nearly 0% and creating transparency for the families we serve. 

A cornerstone of our tech platform is our Tap2Eat system. Tech-enabled wristbands linked to digital wallets frictionlessly collect payments from parents. The system also verifies delivery to children and then sends data directly into our operations dashboards.

This ensures we always have real-time, accurate data to track quantity and uptake.
Feeding predictive analytics, and better future
meal planning.

In 2020, we fed 5,000 children from one central kitchen
in one county in Kenya. Five years later, we feed over 500,000 children from 29 large central kitchens and adapted
rural kitchen models in six counties. Or in other words,
we scaled. 

National government policy and support is critical for school feeding programs. But local county governments make implementation decisions. Each county expansion in Kenya represents an example of copying and adapting our blueprint. Each county has its own challenges. Its own geographical realities. Its own unique considerations. And we've succeeded. We’ve achieved 100% penetration for early childhood development learners in two entire counties. And in 2023, the Governor of Nairobi partnered with F4E to deliver a county-wide school feeding program to all 250,000+ children in Nairobi’s public primary schools. Beyond this, we support others in mainstreaming school feeding across the continent. We convene, host learning visits, influence policy, and provide targeted technical assistance.

Learn About Our Partnerships

Africa's largest kitchen

In 2023, we opened the doors to our Giga Kitchen. Its 3,000-square-meter footprint holds the equipment for cooking up to 60,000 meals per day, including steam-powered cooking vessels, food prep areas, and hot and cold storage. Boardrooms and offices overlook the vast floor, providing space for strategy sessions and learning visits. 

Kitchens and Schools by Location

We currently operate out of Kenya with plans to adopt our blueprint in two other African countries in the next 3-5 years. Toggle on the map below to see where our kitchens and schools currently reside. As of January 2025 F4E is in ten counties, with 168 centralized or decentralized kitchens, and we provide meals to over 500,000 children in 1,300+ schools.

Ruiru Kiambu County

21,657 students fed daily

26 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Ruiru primary 650 students
  • Tatu Primary 610 students
  • Ngewe Primary 280 students
  • Oaklands Primary 250 students
  • Kimbo Primary 1,800 students
  • Kwang'ethe Primary 1,350 students
  • Mwihoko Primary 950 students
  • Ndiini primary 750 students
  • Kahawa Primary 500 students
  • Mutuya Primary 530 students
  • Manguo Primary 345 students
  • Matopeni Primary 900 students
  • Githunguri Primary 880 students
  • Kwihota Primary 780 students
  • Kumura Primary 920 students
  • Thome Primary 850 students
  • Rurii Primary 980 students
  • St.Georges Primary 850 students
  • Ruera Primary 137 students
  • Murera Primary 550 students
  • Mugutha Primary 380 students

Dagoretti Nairobi County

14,241 students fed daily

18 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Mukarara Primary 745 students
  • Mukarara High 170 students
  • Lower Kihara Primary 1,210 students
  • Kamuiru Primary 1,345 students
  • Gachie Primary 950 students
  • Kihara Primary 580 students
  • Ndenderu Primary School 855 students
  • Wangunyu Primary 1,000 students
  • Gacharage Primary 780 students
  • Muthurwa Primary 490 students
  • Karuri Primary 882 students
  • Kibathi Primary 870 students
  • Thimbigua Primary 600 students
  • Muchatha Primary 950 students
  • Muongoiya Primary 500 students
  • Waguthu Primary 1,150 students
  • Mayuyu Primary 674 students
  • Karura Primary 490 students

Kisumu Kisumu County

18,206 students fed daily

24 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Kosawo Primary School 1,960 students
  • Manyatta Primary School 1,750 students
  • Kondele Primary School 1,330 students
  • Ezra Gumbe Primary School 550 students
  • Obinju Primary School 460 students
  • Kudho Primary School 650 students
  • Pand Pieri Primary School 1,090 students
  • St. Paul Kanyakwar Primary School 1,050 students
  • Angira Primary School 615 students
  • Kibos Prison Primary School 1,000 students
  • Shauri Moyo Primary School 450 students
  • Kanyamedha Primary School 1,170 students
  • St. Mark Primary School 550 students
  • Ogango Primary School 480 students
  • Kassagam Primary School 360 students
  • Manyatta Arab Primary School 430 students
  • Kibos Primary School 610 students
  • Bukna Primary School 520 students
  • St.Raymond 300 students
  • Tido primary 957 students
  • Kisumu Union 240 students
  • Kibuye Mixed 231 students
  • Wadiege Primary 743 students

Juja Kiambu County

14,332 students fed daily

20 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Kurahia Primary School 1,010 students
  • GACHORORO PRIMARY 675 students
  • KIGWE PRIMARY 390 students
  • KALIMONI PRIMARY 355 students
  • JUJA FARM PRIMARY 880 students
  • TWIGA PRIMARY 200 students
  • TOLL MODEL PRIMARY 395 students
  • KIA-ORA 167 students
  • Thiririka Primary 1,050 students
  • Athena Primary 700 students
  • Garissa Road Primary 475 students
  • General Kago Primary 655 students
  • Kianjau Primary 415 students
  • Kiboko Primary 245 students
  • Kimuchu Primary 1,750 students
  • Mugumoini Primary 880 students
  • Thika Primary 480 students
  • Gachororo Primary 1,950 students
  • St. Francis Muigai 1,200 students
  • Aba Salama 460 students

Giga Kitchen Nairobi County

56,385 students fed daily

63 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Uhuru Gardens Primary 450 students
  • Ngei Primary 1,000 students
  • Lang'ata West Primary 700 students
  • Lang'ata Road Primary 460 students
  • Joash Olum Highrise 570 students
  • Madaraka Primary 610 students
  • Nairobi West Day Nursery 95 students
  • Kongoni Primary 510 students
  • Salama Primary 1,890 students
  • Daima Primary 1,640 students
  • Valleybridge Primary 680 students
  • St. Teresa Girls Primary 600 students
  • Mariakani Primary 600 students
  • Nairobi South Primary 830 students
  • Our Lady of Mercy Primary 740 students
  • Plainsview Primary 900 students
  • Kifaru Primary 1,370 students
  • Tumaini Primary 1,440 students
  • Mowlem Supaloaf Primary 2,600 students
  • Ndururuno Primary 2,250 students
  • Huruma Estate Primary 1,200 students
  • Umoja 1 Day Nursery 270 students
  • Umoja 1 Primary 1,080 students
  • Busara Primary 1,900 students
  • Peter Kibukosya Primary 850 students
  • Mwangaza Day Nursery 120 students
  • Mugumo Nursery 110 students
  • Simba Day Nursery 390 students
  • Unity Primary 1,580 students
  • Unity Day Nursery 400 students
  • NCC Embakasi Primary 1,510 students
  • Edelvale Primary 800 students
  • Donholm Primary 1,420 students
  • NCC Mbotela Primary 190 students
  • St. Paul's Primary 460 students
  • Makongeni Primary 390 students
  • Kaloleni Primary 590 students
  • Joseph Apudo Primary 280 students
  • Kaloleni Nursery 110 students
  • St. John's Kaloleni Primary 1,020 students
  • Nairobi River Primary 1,080 students
  • Kariobangi South Primary 1,340 students
  • St. Anne's Primary 760 students
  • Dr. Krapf Primary 640 students
  • St. Patrick's Primary 300 students
  • Lang'ata Police Day Nursery 55 students
  • Lang'ata Barracks Primary 450 students
  • Mlolongo Primary School 900 students
  • Kwa Mang'eli Primary School 510 students
  • St. Paul's Primary School- Mavoko 905 students
  • DEB KMC Mixed Day and Boarding Primary School 1,035 students
  • Mavoko Primary School 1,025 students
  • Olekasasi Primary 1,290 students
  • Ole Pasha ECD 30 students
  • Nakeel Primary 1,270 students
  • Ongata Rongai Primary 2,140 students
  • Nkaimurunya Primary 670 students
  • Arap Moi Primary 1,590 students
  • Oloolua Primary 1,820 students
  • Ngong' Township Primary 1,160 students
  • Enoomatasiani Primary 840 students
  • Olkeri Primary 410 students
  • Kiserian Primary 1,560 students

Baba Dogo Nairobi County

12,840 students fed daily

10 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Baba Dogo Primary School 2,000 students
  • MM Chandaria Primary School 1,450 students
  • Ngunyumu Primary School 900 students
  • Kariobangi Primary 900 students
  • Daniel Comboni 850 students
  • Mathare North Primary 960 students
  • Marura Primary scool 1,930 students
  • Drive In Primary School 1,030 students
  • Thika Road Primary School 520 students
  • Heidemarie Mathare 4A Primary 2,300 students

Farasi Lane Nairobi County

9,340 students fed daily

7 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Farasi Lane Primary School 570 students
  • Lower Kabete Primary School 820 students
  • New Kihumbuini Primary School 1,840 students
  • Old Kihumbuini Primary School 1,380 students
  • Kangemi Primary School 2,590 students
  • Loresho Primary School 1,090 students
  • Kabate Vet Lab 1,050 students

Toi Nairobi County

14,456 students fed daily

14 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Toi Primary School 600 students
  • Joseph Kangethe Primary School 750 students
  • Ayany Primary School 866 students
  • Raila Education Centre 850 students
  • Kibra Primary School 1,434 students
  • Shadrack Kimalel Primary School 1,054 students
  • Mbagathi Primary School 600 students
  • Jamhuri Primary School 1,020 students
  • Lenana primary 862 students
  • Upper hill nursery 20 students
  • Karen C Primary 780 students
  • Ngong Forest Primary 400 students
  • St. Mary's Karen Primary 720 students
  • Olympic Primary 4,500 students

Roysambu Nairobi County

12,710 students fed daily

8 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Roysambu Primary School 2,800 students
  • Githurai 44 Primary 2,100 students
  • Garden Estate Primary 800 students
  • Marurui Primary 1,800 students
  • Kamiti Primary 1,850 students
  • Mahiga Primary 1,100 students
  • Kahawa Primary 1,460 students
  • Njathaini Primary 800 students

Bidii Nairobi County

1,230 students fed daily

16 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Bidii Primary School 1,550 students
  • Harambee Primary School 1,500 students
  • Rabai Rd Primary School 600 students
  • St.Michael Primary School 1,250 students
  • Baraka Primary School 590 students
  • Jogoo Road Primary School 300 students
  • Ofafa Jericho Primary School 600 students
  • Buruburu 1 1,500 students
  • Morrison Primary 850 students
  • Caon Apolo Primary School 1,050 students
  • Nile Special School 170 students
  • Njoro Day Pre-School 250 students
  • Tana Crescent Day Nursery 85 students
  • Martin Luther 470 students
  • Ofafa Day Nursary 230 students
  • Uhuru Estate Primary school 1,230 students

Kayole Nairobi County

12,590 students fed daily

9 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Kayole 1 Primary School 2,350 students
  • Gikabu Primary 510 students
  • Kayole North Primary School 1,900 students
  • Mihango Primary 1,300 students
  • Jehova Jire Primary School 1,200 students
  • Chemichemi Primary 680 students
  • Ruai Primary 1,580 students
  • Mua Primary 1,270 students
  • Mwangaza Primary 1,800 students

Njiru Nairobi County

14,230 students fed daily

12 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Njiru Primary School 1,200 students
  • Athi primary 910 students
  • St.Dominic Primary School 1,900 students
  • Ngundu Primary 1,500 students
  • Drumvale primary 800 students
  • Kasarani Primary 1,250 students
  • Kamulu Day Nursery 40 students
  • Mwiki Primary 910 students
  • Chieko Primary 1,260 students
  • Murema Primary 2,200 students
  • Gituamba Primary 1,500 students
  • Highway Manyatta Primary 760 students

Kwa Njenga Kitchen Nairobi County

11,120 students fed daily

6 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Kwa-Njenga Primary School 1,800 students
  • Our lady of Nazareth 1,890 students
  • Kware Primary 1,250 students
  • AEF Kwa Rueben 2,690 students
  • Mukuru Community Centre 2,200 students
  • Star of Hope 1,290 students

Muthangari Nairobi County

9,952 students fed daily

16 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Muthangari Primary School 570 students
  • Lavington Primary 550 students
  • Kileleshwa Primary 260 students
  • Kileleshwa Day Nursery 45 students
  • Jacaranda Special Primary 150 students
  • Milimani Primary 650 students
  • Kilimani Primary 360 students
  • Lady Northey Day Nursery 60 students
  • State House Primary 280 students
  • Gatina Primary 1,657 students
  • Muguga Green Primary 470 students
  • Bohra Primary 350 students
  • Dagoretti Muslim 1,100 students
  • Aga Khan Primary 450 students
  • Riruta HGM 1,350 students
  • Kawangware Primary 1,650 students

Racecourse Nairobi County

8,630 students fed daily

22 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Race Course Primary School 230 students
  • Pangani Primary School 210 students
  • Juja Rd Primary School 350 students
  • Ngara East Day Nuraery 150 students
  • Cheleta Primary 950 students
  • Karura Forest Primary 340 students
  • Ziwani Day Nursery 40 students
  • Starehe Day Nursery 80 students
  • City Primary 360 students
  • Riverbank Primary 370 students
  • Moi Avenue Primary 340 students
  • CGHU Primary 220 students
  • SSD Primary 60 students
  • Kiboro Primary 1,280 students
  • Mathari primary 800 students
  • Parkroad Primary 1,060 students
  • Islamia Primary 150 students
  • Muthurwa Primary 450 students
  • Arya Primary 110 students
  • Muthaiga Primary 800 students
  • Central Day Nursery 50 students
  • Parklands Day Nursery 230 students

Limuru Kitchen Kiambu County

14,809 students fed daily

34 schools served

Komarock Kitchen Nairobi County

11,740 students fed daily

5 schools served

Githunguri Kitchen Kiambu County

15,615 students fed daily

46 schools served

Mutuini Kitchen Nairobi County

15,167 students fed daily

17 schools served

Dandora Nairobi County

12,660 students fed daily

7 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Dandora Primary 2,250 students
  • Dandora Day Nursery 300 students
  • James Gichuru Primary 1,430 students
  • Tom Mboya Primary 1,800 students
  • Wangu Primary 3,900 students
  • Ronald Ngala Primary 2,090 students
  • Ushirika Primary 890 students

Zawadi Nairobi County

11,300 students fed daily

19 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Zawadi Primary 700 students
  • Bahati Primary 1,180 students
  • Bahati Day Nursery 210 students
  • St Brigid's Primary 110 students
  • Dr Aggrey Primary 600 students
  • Muslim Primary 130 students
  • Pumwani Primary 210 students
  • Ainsworth Primary 230 students
  • Heshima Primary 880 students
  • Our Lady of Mercy Shauri Moyo Primary 1,400 students
  • Shauri Moyo Day Nursery 160 students
  • Pumwani Day Nursery 40 students
  • New Kamukunji Day Nursery 70 students
  • New Eastleigh Primary 500 students
  • Eastleigh Airport Primary 650 students
  • New Pumwani Primary 850 students
  • Dr Livingstone 1,200 students
  • Kiamthi Primary 1,900 students
  • St.Teresa boys 280 students

Kakamega Kakamega County

14,345 students fed daily

28 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Mahiakalo 1,250 students
  • Lurambi 1,300 students
  • Nabongo 850 students
  • Ikonyero 1,060 students
  • Maraba 560 students
  • Daisy Special 290 students
  • Bukulunya 700 students
  • Amalemba 580 students
  • Bondeni 580 students
  • Shikoti 490 students
  • Emusala 520 students
  • Emukaba 365 students
  • Musaa 520 students
  • Ebwambwa 440 students
  • Mutsembi 410 students
  • Elukho 370 students
  • Shitaho Pri 390 students
  • Nyayo Tea Zone 510 students
  • Ebungaya 450 students
  • Hirumbi 410 students
  • Mwiyala 270 students
  • Shivakala 370 students
  • Rosterman 270 students
  • Ichina 200 students
  • Kakamega Muslim 190 students
  • Shitaho Community 170 students
  • Matende 170 students
  • Kakamega township 660 students

Kiambu Kiambu County

14,541 students fed daily

34 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Machiri primary 400 students
  • Riabai primary 350 students
  • Benson Njau Primary 345 students
  • Tinganga Model Primary 4,420 students
  • Tinganga H.G.M Primary 470 students
  • Ndumberi primary 570 students
  • Karunga Primary 780 students
  • Kangoya Primary 350 students
  • Gicoco Primary 340 students
  • Kiambu Township Primary 630 students
  • Thindigua Primary 360 students
  • Kasarini Primary 176 students
  • Kiuu River Primary 506 students
  • Gatatha Primary 240 students
  • Kibubuti Primary 500 students
  • Loreto Primary 390 students
  • Riara Primary 200 students
  • Mungai C primary 445 students
  • NGEGU PRIMARY 520 students
  • Anmer Primary 340 students
  • Raini Primary 450 students
  • Kawaida Primary 1,300 students
  • Chief Wandie primary 340 students
  • Kiuu River High School 295 students
  • Ndumberi High School 780 students
  • Tinganga H.G.M High School 255 students
  • Tinganga Model High School 521 students
  • ST JOSEPH RIABAI High School 328 students
  • Kiambu Township High School 730 students
  • Kasarini High School 150 students
  • St Anns High School 159 students
  • Riara High School 301 students
  • Njenga Karume Primary 400 students
  • St. Augustine Gatono Primary 200 students

Mombasa Kitchen Mombasa County

22,505 students fed daily

16 schools served

Schools served in this county:

  • Khadija Primary School 1,114 students
  • Mlaleo Primary School 551 students
  • Frere Primary School 734 students
  • Kisauni Primary School 1,011 students
  • Kongowea Primary School 845 students
  • Pwani Special School 180 students
  • Concordia Primary School 2,158 students
  • Ziwa La Ng'ombe Primary School 778 students
  • Maweni Primary School 524 students
  • Pentrose Primary School 507 students
  • Kwa Bullo Primary School 710 students
  • Mtopanga Primary School 813 students
  • Kadzandani primary school 941 students
  • Bamburi primary school 489 students
  • Bedzimba primary 1,118 students
  • Msa. ECD 10,032 students

Uasin Gishu Uasin Gishu County

13,013 students fed daily

18 schools served

Kajiado Kajiado County

13,855 students fed daily

11 schools served

Machakos Machakos County

4,575 students fed daily

5 schools served

Muranga Muranga County

49,950 students fed daily

657 schools served

Tetu Nyeri County

10,503 students fed daily

43 schools served

Visiting Food4Education brings to light the sheer scale of their school feeding operations. Other stakeholders including governments could learn a lot from the Food4Education model.

Edna Kalaluka Regional School Feeding Advisor and Home Grown School Feeding Expert at United Nations World Food Program