Beans Means Brains is a project run by Sustainable Communities Network (UK) Charity No. 1109945
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A school lunch programme to improve the education, health and life chances of Ugandan children
The kitchen was built by parents as part of their contribution to the programme.
It is of traditional construction - a wooden frame with wooden laths filled in with obudongo - a mud used for building and brick making. It is not considered to be a permanent building, requires regular maintenance and having a life expectancy of maybe five or six years. There is a corrugated sheeting roof and wooden shutters at the windows. Inside, the floor is bare earth and there are now four fuel-efficient stoves.
We funded two bio-sand water filters to provide drinking water - more environmentally friendly than boiling the water.
There is a team of five paid cooks - all local people who were previously unemployed. They had little experience of cooking on this scale and have done a great job learning to cope with such huge quantities of food each day and get lunch ready on time.
In the long term, our ideal scenario is to build a permanent brick kitchen and dining area.
School Kitchen
School Kitchen
Almost finished - the school kitchen as it was just before the launch of the programme.
