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| Founded | 2005 |
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| Type | Non-profit, Interest group |
| Services | Providing a hot meal and education to children of Honduras |
| Fields | Educating children |
| Website | www |
Lunches for Learning is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 and incorporated in 2005 by Ron Hicks. Lunches for Learning provides a meal per day to children attending public schools and kindergartens within the Republic of Honduras. Lunches for Learning, Inc. is listed as an incorporated entity in the republic of Honduras, where it predominantly operates.[1]
Lunches for Learning intends to help improvised children eat while getting a public education. The primary objective of the program is to permit children to attend school and receive a basic six-grade academic education (adequate in increasing the chances of a future above the poverty level for an individual in Honduras).[2][3]
Lunches for Learning provides a daily lunch for elementary school children by utilizing the cooperative efforts of individual contributors, corporate sponsors, and the government of Honduras.[1] Currently, the Lunches for Learning program or L4L accommodates 29 schools and 1,700 children. In the US, L4L's operations are predominantly staffed by volunteers under the leadership of an executive director. In Honduras, L4L employs local Honduran citizens to provide management and administration of this program in the country.[citation needed] Both volunteers and employees in Honduras and the US seeks to keep administrative and logistical costs low so that more hungry children can be fed.[4][5]
In addition to its main goal, Lunches for Learning also helps to build kitchens and assists World Food Program (WFP) in transporting legumes, corn, rice, and cooking oil necessary for producing meals.
