Felix is back - for children in Kenya

In 2020, Felix Zech embarked on an incredible running challenge for Mary’s Meals, despite being paralysed from the neck down. His campaign provided 7,700 children with school meals for a year. 

 

 

 

“For children, nutritious food is crucial to develop properly, learn well and hopefully be able to give back to their communities in later life. Despite my situation – being in a wheelchair and unable to decide independently where I go from day to day – I still consider myself lucky. I have a home and more than enough food while, in places like Turkana, the need is huge. I'd like to inspire people to see the beauty and abundance in their own lives and join forces with us to share some of that bounty with others less fortunate." 

Feel free to visit Felix's Facebook und Instagram account.

Food insecurity is very high in Kenya. Around 29% of children in rural areas have stunted growth owing to malnutrition. Turkana County, in the north-west, has some of the highest levels of food insecurity and child malnutrition in the country. 

 

Mary’s Meals has been providing school meals in Kenya since 2005 for children living in the city of Eldoret and Kisii County, as well as in ECDEs (Early Childhood Development and Education centres) and primary schools in the semi-arid region of Turkana County in north-western Kenya. Together we are serving meals to 139.807 children in Kenya. 

In 2022, Mary’s Meals served its first school meals in Turkana primary schools, reaching more than 60,000 children in 171 primary schools with daily meals of maize and beans with fortified oil. 

 

Mary's Meals is a global charity providing daily school meals to more than 2.4 million children in 18 of the world's poorest countries.

On the Mary's Meals social media pages Facebook and Instagram we share videos, photos and stories around Kalodicha School and we would be very grateful if you would support us and like and share as much content as possible so that the news of Felix's campaign reaches people all over the world!