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
“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.
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Children receiving school meals are 20% more likely to stay in school.Retention
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Attendance can rise by up to 90%, with even greater effects for girls.Attendance
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School feeding reduces hunger-related learning losses by 30–40%.Learning
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Every $1 invested into school meals generates $9 in economic return through improved health, education, and local food systems.Economic
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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
Farmers produce staple foods
(beans, maize, vegetables, groundnuts, potatoes)
CVG signs purchase/cooperative agreements with smallholder farmer groups
Smallholder Farmers Groups receive training, extension support, and market assurance
Smallholder Farmer Groups supply food to Nourish2Flourish beneficiary schools
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.
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.
Within the framework of our Home-Grown School Feeding program, branded as Nourish2Flourish, each school establishes a productive garden to grow leafy vegetables, spices, and micronutrient-rich foods.
These gardens supplement meals with fresh produce, serve as outdoor classrooms for agriculture and nutrition, and promote environmental stewardship among pupils
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
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.