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CVG's NOURISH2FLOURISH Program

NOURISH2FLOURISH is CVG’s flagship Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) program that provides locally sourced healthy, diverse and nutritious meals to children at their place of education. Our model provides a steady, structured and profitable market to local farmers through a simple idea:

“Healthy meals in schools, grown by local communities.”

Our approach improves child nutrition and learning while boosting local agriculture and strengthening household resilience, especially in conflict-affected areas.

Key Features of Our Model

Daily healthy and nutritious meals

prepared by community volunteer cooks and served to children

Food locally procured

from smallholder farmers, thereby strengthening local food systems, improving local agricultural production, and boosting local economies

Community ownership

through School-level committees (school feeding, food procurement and school management) and the Municipal Councils

School gardens

to improve to produce complimentary food while also serving as learning laboratories for the school-children

Clean cooking, energy-saving and eco-friendly kitchens

for food preparation and distribution

Nutrition, hygiene, and WASH training

for cooks, teachers, and pupils

“Our farm now has a ready market. CVG School feeding changed our community."

Why School Feeding Matters

The evidence is clear

School feeding is one of the highest-impact interventions globally for children in vulnerable communities.

Children receiving school meals are 20% more likely to stay in school.

Retention

Attendance can rise by up to 90%, with even greater effects for girls.

Attendance

School feeding reduces hunger-related learning losses by 30–40%.

Learning

Every $1 invested into school meals generates $9 in economic return through improved health, education, and local food systems.

Economic

In Cameroon, fewer than 3% of primary-school children currently receive school meals — highlighting a major gap and an urgent need for expansion.

ACCESS

Because School Meals Matter, CVG Nourish2Flourish is keeping costs low, ensuring high quality, and striving to reach more and more children with what appears to be the ONLY healthy and nutritious meals for the day for many. Explore our Program Model in detail

Our Step-by-Step Approach to Nourishing School-children in Cameroon

Our procurement model strengthens the entire local food system

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This cycle keeps money in the community, boosts farmer income, and ensures that children receive fresh, nutritious food.

CVG's School Gardens

As part of the Nourish2Flourish programme, CVG is promoting school garden initiatives, considering their potential to transform food habits of current and future generations, serving as learning spaces for the school-aged children – helping them to become aware of the impacts of food production on the environment and on agri-food systems.

These gardens supplement meals with fresh produce, serve as outdoor classrooms for agriculture and nutrition, and promote environmental stewardship among pupils

Safer kitchens = safer meals + healthier children.

Food Preparation

The Design Thinking Process

As an integral part of our program design, safe food preparation is central. CVG strives for a safe, dignified meal preparation process – using both centralized and decentralized energy-saving and eco-friendly kitchens. With the drive to scale this programme, CVG has designed standard cooking facilities that incorporate: fuel-efficient stoves, storage rooms, water access points, handwashing and dishwashing stations

Fuel-Efficient Stoves

Storage Rooms

Water Access Points

Hands and Dishwashing Stations

Shelly is in Class 1 and she is very confident that everyday at school is a Promise of a Meal

Our Typical Menu

The CVG Nourish2Flourish program typically prioritizes the following food categories for the feeding program.

Beans
Maize
Green Leafy Vegetables
Groundnuts
Soya Beans
Vitamin A-rich crops

Farmers learn to grow foods that contribute directly to child nutrition and dietary diversity.

Nourish2Flourish Programme

It costs just $0.30 per child per day

You can help us reach at least 100,000 children with daily healthy and nutritious meals by 2030.

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