Monday 10th October 2022 is World Porridge Day. Oxfordshire charity African Children's Fund is asking you to join in their celebrations by hosting a porridge breakfast for your friends, family or colleagues during the week commencing 10th October.

Perhaps you'd like to invite people to your home, hold an event at work or even encourage a friendly local café to get involved?

Simply provide the porridge and a variety of tasty toppings, and ask for donations to African Children's Fund to support Kenyan Porridge Clubs where 2,000 children in 10 primary schools receive a daily mug of porridge at school to encourage attendance instead of working, scavenging or begging for food on the streets.

Food poverty is one of the biggest reasons for school absence in Kenya and this simple programme has seen absenteeism reduce by over 80% in participating schools. If that weren't enough, children receiving porridge each day are healthier, perform better in sports and achieve improved examination results, significantly increasing the likelihood they will enrol in secondary school.

Each mug of porridge costs just 9p so for every £9 in donations you receive from your World Porridge Day breakfasts, 100 children will receive a nutritious porridge meal rather than having to work, scavenge or beg on the streets. Thank you.

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