Wawira Njiru (@wawiranjiru) 's Twitter Profile
Wawira Njiru

@wawiranjiru

Feeding the future of 🌍 with @Food4education. Views are my own.

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Can now say ‘Thank you for coming to my TED talk!’🤯🥹🙏🏾 So grateful to have shared the @food4education story on the #TED2025 Vancouver stage alongside some of the world’s most incredible minds. From Africa to the World 🌍

Can now say ‘Thank you for coming to my TED talk!’🤯🥹🙏🏾

So grateful to have shared the @food4education story on the #TED2025 Vancouver stage alongside some of the world’s most incredible minds. 
From Africa to the World 🌍
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Global aid is shrinking — that’s a fact. But it’s not the end of the story. When aid retreats, African ingenuity steps forward. My FORTUNE op-ed on building lasting systems rooted in public commitment, not dependency. fortune.com/article/humani…

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Humanitarian aid for Africa is drying up. It’s hard but I see an opportunity to build something better. fortune.com/9999/09/99/hum…

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We’re starting operations in Embu County soon in partnership with the County government. I’ve spent some time over the last few weeks in its most dry parts with our team and seen the impact of food insecurity. We’re starting with kids in ECD and I hope that we can make a

We’re starting operations in Embu County soon in partnership with the County government. 
I’ve spent some time over the last few weeks  in its most dry parts with our team and seen the impact of food insecurity. 
We’re starting with kids in ECD and I hope that we can make a
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We are expanding to more counties this term to reach a total of 15 counties (1/3 of all counties in Kenya), 1900 schools with 31 urban kitchens and 140 rural kitchens. This includes an additional 2 urban and 35 rural kitchens that will be complete in the next 3 months. One of

We are expanding to more counties this term to reach a total of 15 counties (1/3 of all counties in Kenya), 1900 schools with 31 urban kitchens and 140 rural kitchens. This includes an additional 2 urban and 35 rural kitchens that will be complete in the next 3 months. 

One of
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Happy Africa Day! From locally sourced ingredients to school meals powered by African innovation, we’re reimagining the future of nutrition and education — the African way - built on the continent for the continent. This Africa Day, we celebrate solutions that start at home.

Happy Africa Day!

From locally sourced ingredients to school meals powered by African innovation, we’re reimagining the future of nutrition and education — the African way - built on the continent for the continent. 

This Africa Day, we celebrate solutions that start at home.
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When African innovators receive the right support, remarkable progress follows. Just ask Wawira Njiru. As founder of @food4education, she’s serving 530,000 school meals daily through systems built by and for Kenyans. But for continued progress, global partners must support and

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From One Tiny Kitchen to Feeding Half a Million Kids Daily! Wawira Njiru didn’t just talk scale — she built it. What started with 25 kids and a borrowed kitchen has exploded into 530,000+ daily school meals across Kenya. But this isn’t your usual feeding program. It’s... A

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Wawira Njiru is one of the most inspirational persons I have met. Selfless, humble, exceptionally brilliant and innovative, she and her organisation make a giant-sized transformational difference in the lives of the 500,000+ school children they feed in Kenya. Gates Foundation

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‘Africa has the capacity to move itself forward. Our governments, philanthropy and private sector must join that journey. Alongside the right global partners who act as catalysts ready to make the biggest bets. Because when global aid retreats, African ingenuity steps forward.’