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The casue
Zero Hunger with Langar
Our cause
Inspired into existence with the clear purpose of replicating the concept of Langar everywhere so there will be no hunger anywhere. Langar is the concept of free, compassionate, food for ALL regardless of faith, gender, age or social status.
The movement has set up community led kitchens in rural locations at early learning centres and schools serving 150,000 children a month across Southern Malawi and, from January 2023, serving 50,000 meals a month in Kenya. Serving at places of education keeps children in learning.
Zero Hunger with Langar
Kenya
why we operate here
In the 2023 Global Hunger Index, Kenya ranks 90th out of the 125 countries with sufficient data to calculate the 2023 GHI scores. GHI score is calculated based on levels of undernourishment, child mortality, child stunting and child wasting. In Kenya, 28% of the population is undernourished and 3.7% of children die before their fifth birthday. With a score of 22.0, Kenya has a level of hunger that is serious.
Zero Hunger with Langar - Kenya
What we do
zer0hunger (with langar) - kenya started supplying food for daily serving of meals to children in January 2023. Initially starting at one school with 250 children, as of September 2023 the movement serves daily meals up to 1,300 children, daily, across 4 schools around Amboseli National Park, Kajiado County in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro along the border region with Tanzania.
Here’s where we serve
Enkong Narok Primary School
○ 250 Children
○ 8 registered teachers
○ Water borehole shared with local village
○ Electricity available on site
○ Basic kitchen available on site
○ 4G Mobile Network - GOOD
Amboseli Primary School
○ 200 Children
○ 7 registered teachers
○ Water borehole available on site
○ Electricity available on site
○ Good kitchen available on site
○ 4G Mobile Network - AVERAGE
Risa Primary School
○350 Children
○ 6 registered teachers
○ Water borehole available on site
○ Electricity available on site
○ Very basic kitchen available on site
○ 4G Mobile Network - GOOD
Meshinani Primary School
○ 350 Children
○ 5 registered teachers
○ No water available on site
○ No electricity available on site
○ No kitchen available on site
○ 4G Mobile Network - VERY POOR
Zero Hunger with Langar - Kenya
how we do it
We setup free volunteer-led community kitchens at places of education in the heart of rural communities suffering from the scourge of hunger. Community volunteers [often parents and villagers] get together to form local serving circles to help prepare, cook and serve meals daily to children who attend the school.
Every month field officers from our dedicated ground team, personally, visit each school to deliver a specially formulated Zer0 Hunger with Langar food mix, that has been fortified with essential vitamins and minerals, as well record progress and monitor the well-being of the children we serve. As soon as daily serving is stable and attendance is increasing, we source and, if required, lease farming land owned by the local community, so us agronomists can devise a grow plan to start laying the groundwork for the supplementary, self-sustaining zer0rganics food system.
Our executive team
Our executive team are seasoned professionals in their respective fields and ensure we are accountable and transparent.
● Mr. Kim Bhari CPA - Financial Accounting officer
● Mr. Kevin McCourt LL.B(Hons) - Legal Counsel
Our ground teams
Zero hunger with Langar - kenya on the ground teams are made up of dedicated individuals who really believe in giving a hand up and not ‘just’ a handout to empower their, respective, local communities.
Nairobi team
● Anne - Logistics and Supply Chain
Kajiado team
● Wycliff - Delivery and Reporting
● Collins - Agronomist
● Ken - Operations
West Pokot County
● Linus - Operations
Our board
Our board of trustees is made up of a diverse mix of people which includes an ex-royal marine in the British army, a large scale coffee farmer, a floriculturist, a school teacher and a visionary.
● Lt. Col. (rtd.) Conrad B. Thorpe OBE
● Mr Peter K. Kinyua EBS
● Mr Manjit ‘Kuki’ Singh Amrit
● Mrs Kulwinder Kaur Kullar
● Mr Jagjit Singh
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Zero Hunger with Langar
Botswana
why we operate here
Zero Hunger with Langar - Botswana
What we do
zer0hunger (with langar) - Botswana plan to start serving from Q1 2024. Motivated individuals have been invited to join the movement and a board team has been assembled. Work has begun on the administration, logistics and recruitment of a ground team so a pilot serving program can begin in at least 2 inner city schools, in Gaborone, come the new year.
Here’s where we serve
Tshwaragano Primary School
○ 1200 students
○ 38 registered teachers
○ Water available on site
○ Kitchen available on site
○ 4G network - GOOD
Therisanyo Primary School
○ 850 Students
○ 35 registered teachers
○ Water available on site
○ Kitchen available on site
○ 4G network - GOOD
Zero Hunger with Langar - Botswana
how we do it
By distributing a specially formulated zer0hunger [with langar] food mix, that has been fortified with essential vitamins and minerals, weekly at places of education as take-home meals for children.
Every month field officers from our dedicated ground teams, personally, visit each school to deliver the required quantity of food as well record progress and monitor the well-being of the children we serve.
Our executive team
Our executive team are seasoned professionals in their respective fields and ensure we are accountable and transparent.
● Mr. Pankaj Arora ACA, FCA - Financial Accounting officer
Our ground teams
Zero hunger with Langar - Botswana on the ground team are made up of dedicated individuals who really believe in giving a hand up and not ‘just’ a handout to empower their respective, local communities.
Our proposed board
The Zero Hunger with Langar - Botswana board is made up of a diverse mix of people which includes a mechanical engineer, a current advisor to the president, a private company executive director, a current CEO of a publicly listed company, a floriculturist, a schoolteacher and a visionary.
● Mr. Ajit Singh Ahuja
● Mr. Jacob Nkate
● Mr Abhijeet Singh Ahuja
● Mr. Ramachandran Ottapathu
● Mr. Manjit ‘Kuki’ Singh Amrit
● Mrs. Kulwinder Kaur Kullar
● Mr Jagjit Singh
