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Lunches for Learning (2005), provides a nutritious meal to the very poor children in public schools and kindergartens within the Republic of Honduras; the results have been outstanding. Children are coming to school to receive a meal, as well as the priceless gift of education and knowledge. ==The Organization== Lunches for Learning, Inc〔(Ron Hicks: 6670 Vaughn Rd, Montgomery, AL: (334) 277-4213 )〕 is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2004 and incorporated in 2005 by Ron Hicks. Lunches for Learning, Inc. is also listed as an incorporated entity in the republic of Honduras, where it predominantly operates.〔Harmon, Rick "Church Feeding City's Kids" The Montgomery Advertiser August 23, 2006 PAGE 2A 〕 The scope of the Lunches for Learning program is to help break the cycle of poverty in rural Honduras by providing nutrition and nutritional supplements to the impoverished children in public schools and kindergartens.〔Sanders, Topher "Re-cycled Charity" The Montgomery Advertiser December 10, 2004 PAGE 2D 〕 The primary objective of the program is to permit children, who would otherwise have to leave school to seek food, to attend school and receive a basic six-grade academic education (adequate in exponentially increasing the chances of a decent future above the poverty level for an individual in Honduras).〔Thomas, Amanda "Alabama man helps feed poor in Honduras" by the AP featured in the Montgomery Advertiser December 17, 2007 PAGE 7A 〕 Lunches for Learning provides and supplements a daily lunch for elementary school children by utilizing the cooperative efforts of individual contributors, corporate sponsorship, and the government of Honduras. Currently, the Lunches for Learning program accommodates 29 schools and 1,500 children. Lunches for Learning, Inc is staffed by mainly by volunteers in the United States, and employees Honduran citizens who serve in providing essential management and administration of the program.〔Luckerson, Victor "Lunches for Learning" The Montgomery Independent August 7, 2007 Vol. 45 No. 31〕 Thus, administration/overhead costs are very low. In addition to its main goal, Lunches for Learning also helps build kitchens and assists World Food Program (WFP) transport legumes, corn, rice, and cooking oil necessary for producing meals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lunches for Learning」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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