A short walk from Kusitawi Village is Matathia Primary School offering classes from kindergarten to Grade 7 – with Grade 8 to be offered next year. Children of Strength provides Matathia with desks, books and its daily feeding program. Currently there are 285 primary and 43 ABC (kindergarten) students that receive a lunch consisting of ground corn (ugali, a tradition Kenyan cuisine), beans, onions and various vegetables. Children of Strength has been working with Matathia for the past year and it’s one of the nine feeding programs currently administered.

A total of eight classrooms comprise Matathia (Some up to 60 students!) with four currently in construction:

At 12:40 p.m. a hand-held bell is rung and lunch commences. Situated behind the main classrooms is the kitchen, or jiko:

The children first wash their bowls and tupperware and then begin lining up with the youngest first. As the line starts to snake, a communal prayer is said and then food is served: