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Over 10,000 learners in Nyando and Keiyo South benefit from school meals during exams

Kapkitony Primary grade 6 and 9 learners in Keiyo South Elgeyo Marakwet receiving mentorship books and food stuffs from Child Welfare Society of Kenya.[Courtesy]

As rehearsals for grades 6 and 9 get underway across the country in preparation for the national examinations to start next week, the state department for children services has moved to cushion learners in select public schools from hunger.

Through the Education Support Programme by the Child Welfare Society of Kenya (CWSK), more than 7000 candidates from 130 schools in Keiyo South constituency, in Mogotio, Baringo county will benefit from food donations as they sit their exams.

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