{"id":8474,"date":"2024-07-05T20:18:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T20:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tgup.org\/galleries\/?page_id=8474"},"modified":"2024-07-06T20:07:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T20:07:33","slug":"case-study-kiahuko-kitchen-and-jikos-kenya","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tgup.org\/galleries\/case-study-kiahuko-kitchen-and-jikos-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"TGUP CASE STUDY: Kiahuko Kitchen and Jikos, Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The old kitchen at Kiahuko School was a wooden hut that desperately needed to be replaced for the following reasons:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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  • The 3 open cooking fires made it smokey and unhealthy to work there.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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    This was the old kitchen, at Kiahuko School, and the saint-of-a-woman who cooks a midday meal for all 487 students, and the staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The children line up for their daily meal of githeri (maize, beans, and onions).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The ground was measured for the new kitchen. You can see the classrooms in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Gravel, sand, and rocks were used for the foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Digging trenches for the foundation. Notice the existing kitchen in the back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Trenches finished and first concrete. And, yes, that’s the old kitchen still there in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Walls beginning to go up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Foundation in and walls begun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Roof trusses installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Roof is done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Door and Serving Windows are in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    With the cook; inside the old, outside the new. Notice the old kitchen to the left of the new kitchen in the bottom right photo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Finishing inside and out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Almost finished. Compare with the very first photo, above, in this gallery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Jikos are in and front side view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The cook having a ‘Jetson’ moment, and the plaque commemorating the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The principal and TGUP’s NGO partner, and the whole school celebrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Before and After.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Thank you Kiwanis clubs and members! The world is a better place because of you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The old kitchen at Kiahuko School was a wooden hut that desperately needed to be replaced for the following reasons: This was the old kitchen, at Kiahuko School, and the saint-of-a-woman who cooks a midday meal for all 487 students, and the staff. The children line up for their daily meal of githeri (maize, beans,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[19],"class_list":["post-8474","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t