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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. [1] 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. [2]
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Lunches for Learning aims to provide meals to children while they attend public education programs. The primary objective of the program is to permit children's attendance at school and completion of a basic six-grade academic education. [3] [4]
Lunches for Learning provides a daily lunch for elementary school children through the combined efforts of individual contributors, corporate sponsors, and the government of Honduras. [2] Currently, the Lunches for Learning program, or L4L, operates in 29 schools and serves approximately 1,700 children. In the United States, 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 the program in the country. [5] According to the organization, both volunteers and employees in Honduras and the US seek to limit administrative and logistical costs . [6] [7]
In addition to its primary activities, Lunches for Learning has contributed to the construction of school kitchens and has assisted the World Food Program (WFP)[ citation needed ] in transporting legumes, corn, rice, and cooking oil used in meal preparation.
