School Feeding Program: Breakfast & Lunch in Monrovia, Liberia
Now We Feed 157
Hungry minds can't learn
Your gift becomes truly personal when you support the School Feeding Program at Zoe Robinson Academy, a small school in Liberia.
For some children there, school is the only place they’ll eat today. The school has grown from 105 to 157 students, and your monthly gift helps give every one of them breakfast and lunch.
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Why the School Feeding Program is Growing
Last year, 105 children ate breakfast and lunch at Zoe Robinson Academy. This year there are 157. That’s 52 more breakfasts and 52 more lunches every school day. Feeding all 157 students now costs $1,300 a month, about $8 per child each month.
What Your Gift Can Do
In a small school, a modest gift can go a long way.
157
Students Fed
Every child, every day.
2 Meals
Each school day
Breakfast & Lunch
Meals All Year
Including summer
Prepared Fresh On Site
Cooked daily by staff
Monthly Giving
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One-Time Gifts
Already giving monthly? Thank you for being part of the School Feeding Program. Your gift now helps feed all 157 children.
How Your Gift Becomes a Meal
See every step, from your donation to a child’s lunch in Liberia (about 1 minute).
Read the video script
Zoe Robinson Academy has grown. Now the Liberian School for Needy Children helps feed 157 students. That’s 52 more children this year, and 52 more breakfasts and lunches every school day.
Once a month, LSFNC uses an app to send your gift to Liberia. Within four hours, Rosaline, head of finance at Hilltop Schools in Liberia, picks up your gift in cash. She gives it to Cynthia, who shops at a local open market to buy food for the children. Greens and vegetables are chosen one bunch at a time. Fish and chicken add protein to the meals. Even the charcoal for the cooking fires comes from the market.
Back at Zoe Robinson Academy, the kitchen staff prepare everything by hand. Every school day, the meals are cooked over charcoal fires, right at the school. Twice a day, the line forms at the kitchen door. Bowl by bowl, every one is served. Often, it’s the only meal they will get that day.
The school grew from 105 students to 157, and every one of them needs to eat. Please give monthly, so there’s food all school year. $16 a month feeds two children all year. $48 feeds six. One-time gifts are also welcome.
Nourishing Children. Fueling Their Education
Nutritionists plan healthy meals so students have the energy they need to learn. A school nurse also stays on-site to look after the children and their well-being.
Our Direct-Impact Promise
When you give to a global charity, it’s easy to feel like just another number in a database, and your donation can feel like a drop in a very large bucket. You wonder: How much of this actually reaches a child?
At the Liberian School for Needy Children, we operate differently. Because we are a small, focused organization supporting the Zoe Robinson Academy, there is no “middle man” and no complex corporate overhead.
Your support is visible and immediate. When you donate to feed a child, we don’t just send a check to a regional office. Every month we send our partners in Liberia money to buy the rice, beans, and fresh ingredients that the school’s staff prepare in its on-site kitchen.
The students are known by name, and as a donor, you are part of that community. You aren’t just funding a “program”—you are ensuring that a specific child in Monrovia doesn’t have to study on an empty stomach. This is direct-to-student impact, and in a school this size, your gift doesn’t just help; it changes the entire trajectory of a child’s day.
Questions About the School Feeding Program
How much does it cost to feed a child at Zoe Robinson Academy?
About $8 per child per month, or about $100 a year, for breakfast and lunch. $16 a month feeds two children all year, $48 feeds six, and $100 feeds twelve.
Do meals continue in the summer?
Yes. Feeding runs year-round, including summer school, so students get breakfast and lunch all year.
Who prepares the meals?
The kitchen staff at Zoe Robinson Academy prepare breakfast and lunch by hand and cook them over charcoal fires at the school. Nutritionists plan the meals so students get the energy they need to learn.
How does my gift reach Liberia?
Once a month, the Liberian School for Needy Children (LSFNC) sends funds to Liberia using a money transfer app. Within four hours, Rosaline, head of finance at Hilltop Schools, picks up the cash. Cynthia then buys food and charcoal at a local open market, and the meals are cooked at the school.
Is my gift tax-deductible?
Yes. The Liberian School for Needy Children is a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 88-3335715). Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Help Feed All 157 School Children
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