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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

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
Nourish Today. Flourish Tomorrow.

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

Give a Child a Meal
Our School Feeding Model builds on a simple mantra - Low Cost, High Quality and High Volume

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

Our procurement model strengthens the entire local food system

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Farmers produce staple foods
(beans, maize, vegetables, groundnuts, potatoes)

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CVG signs purchase/cooperative agreements with smallholder farmer groups

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Smallholder Farmers Groups receive training, extension support, and market assurance

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Smallholder Farmer Groups supply food to Nourish2Flourish beneficiary schools

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School-children are served with locally sourced healthy, diverse, and nutritious meals

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