Welcome To The Lunchbowl Network

The Lunchbowl Network was set up in 2006 in response to the plight of the orphaned and vulnerable children in the Kibera slum Nairobi.

Since then we have helped to regularly feed and take care of 450 orphaned and vulnerable children who through no fault of their own, find themselves living in abject poverty, without sanitation, water and medication. The situation is compounded by an extreme lack of food together with the emotional loss of their parents. 

Their nutritional needs have been hugely impacted by daily provision of hot food from Lunchbowl and in addition we have helped to fund emergency medical needs and play equipment. Most importantly, we now have a dedicated team of 70 carers, all mothers living in the Kibera, who voluntarily look after these orphaned and vulnerable children on a daily basis within their extended households.

The Lunchbowl Network also provides a rescue programme for vulnerable girls and boys who are at a very high risk of abuse. These young children are individually sponsored and educated at a boarding school in the country where they can flourish and are filled with hope for their future.

The Lunchbowl Network operates completely on a voluntary basis and consequently is able to give an impressive 96% of all money raised directly to benefit the orphaned and vulnerable children and every 33p donated feeds a child for one day!