Matewu Primary School, Mzimba District
No. of Students: 195
School Feeding Start Date: 13th of September 2016

Matewu primary school is located 4 kms from the main road and has 195 children of which many learn outdoors due a shortage of classroom and in the rainy season sit back to back.
Water is sourced from a borehole 2kms from the school so there are many challenges – but on the 13th of September with your help the school and community around Matewu began school feeding from a purpose-built brick & thatch structure.
According to the head teacher, Mr. Moyo, in February 2016 two students died due to malnutrition and the school were committed to never letting that happen again. We should all be committed to this purpose and continue to ensure a hot meal for every hungry child in the world.

15th February 2017: Following a visit we learned that student numbers risen to 216. The school has 1 rocket stove and have adapted to the new school feeding requirements set down by the Malawian government. Feeding now takes place from 7am and is completed in 20 minutes approximately.
In addition the school have engaged a Health Surveillance Assistant to monitor the impact of feeding on student’s ability which displays a remarkable appreciation of school feeding. The school were also highly commended for their stock control and food management systems.