Lunches for Learning

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We are excited to announce that Living Water Lutheran Church is sponsoring the Lunches for Learning Lunch Program in two schools in the Valle District, Honduras.

  1. Jose Santos Guardiola Elementary School in the community of Jicaro Centro. Fany Ventura Silva is the school principal.
  2. Dr. Ersy Mejia Elementary School in the community of Jicaro Abajo. Delma Garglina C. is the school principal.

In Honduras, many children are not able to attend school every day because they are very poor and spend their day out in the streets begging for money to buy food. Many families are unable to provide food for their children. Unlike the United States, the Honduran government provides no welfare for their people.Ron Hicks, President and Founder of Lunches for Learning started this program about seven years ago and has had great success in providing nutritious meals for 21 schools, which covers about 1,273 students. Regular school attendance went from 75% to 100% in each case. In Honduras, statistics show that a child has a better chance of getting a job and living above the poverty level if they get at least a sixth-grade education.

Lunches for Learning can feed one student a nutritious meal for just $1.50 per day, $15.00 per month or $150.00 per year. If you would like to help or need more information, please contact Dave Gallimore at 480-683-0453 or dgallimore@papys.com.

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There is another way you can help L4L. We are trying to build a large enough following on Facebook that those who do not support L4L through an organization that sponsors

a school, can donate through Facebook, thereby, creating a Facebook sponsored school. How can you help? Go to the Lunches for Learning Facebook page and “Like” us. If enough

people “Like” us on Facebook we will gain enough followers to support another school. Give our Facebook page a try and pass the word to all your family and friends!