2013Founded in Ethiopia
Advancing nutrition. Powering potential.
School meals that build healthier children, stronger schools, and resilient food systems.
ESMI unites nutrition, education, local agriculture, and smart systems to nourish children, strengthen communities, and create a sustainable future for Ethiopia and beyond.
ልጆች ባሉበት ሁሉ ምግብ ይኑርLet there be food wherever there are children.
23+Schools reached through school milk projects
74K+Children supported through school milk programming
52+Emergency response schools supported
More than a meal
Building a better future through nutrition, education, and opportunity.
Child Nutrition
Reducing hunger and improving dietary diversity among school-aged children.
Education
Increasing school attendance, concentration, retention, and academic performance.
Local Economies
Creating reliable markets for farmers, cooperatives, suppliers, and community enterprises.
Youth Employment
Supporting agripreneurship, processing, logistics, innovation, and digital skills.
Women's Empowerment
Generating employment and leadership opportunities within school feeding value chains.
Sustainable Food Systems
Promoting climate-smart agriculture, local sourcing, smart farming, and resilience.
Our programs ecosystem
Integrated solutions for sustainable school feeding, child nutrition, and community development.
Programs connect education, nutrition, agriculture, technology, policy, infrastructure, food safety, community participation, and youth empowerment.
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School Feeding Systems Development
Scalable school feeding systems through policy support, governance, financing models, planning, and monitoring.
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School Nutrition and Health
Nutritious meals, hygiene, health awareness, and safe food practices that prepare children to learn.
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Home-Grown School Feeding
Local food procurement models that benefit children, farmers, cooperatives, and local economies.
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Smart Farm
Practical food production linked to school feeding, climate resilience, and hands-on learning.
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Smart Farming
Technology-enabled agriculture that improves productivity, sustainability, and resilience.
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Smart Kitchen
Safe, efficient, dignified school meal preparation through better kitchen systems and standards.
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Food Quality and Service Systems
Standards and operating procedures for safe, nutritious, consistent, and dignified meals.
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Youth Empowerment in Agripreneurs
Leadership, entrepreneurship, agribusiness, digital skills, and value-chain opportunities for young people.
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Policy Advocacy and School Feeding Governance
Legal frameworks, financing, institutional reform, and systems-level advocacy for durable school feeding.
Read MoreSystem transformation model
The Dire Dawa model shows how sustainable school feeding scales.
Legal and institutional reform
Build the policy foundation for lasting school feeding systems.
School feeding financing mechanisms
Create practical financing pathways for continuity and ownership.
Modern smart kitchen infrastructure
Improve food safety, meal quality, efficiency, and working conditions.
Smart farming and local food systems
Connect school feeding with local production and resilient supply.
Community participation
Link finance, agriculture, nutrition, education, and local ownership.
Expanding our reach
From Ethiopia, impacting the world.
We are building a model for the world, rooted in Ethiopia, expanding across Africa, and sharing solutions globally.
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Future International Office ESMI Headquarters Future East Africa OfficeFeatured impact
Feeding dreams. Fueling futures.
ESMI's work strengthens food systems, education outcomes, women and youth pathways, community resilience, and national development.
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Official updates from the field.
April 02, 2026
ESMI Signs MOU with Sunrays Foundation to Support 7,000 Children in South Sudan
A new step toward East Africa collaboration, child nutrition, and school feeding expansion.
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Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
ESMI and UNICEF Advance School Feeding Systems in Dire Dawa
A systems-strengthening initiative linking policy reform, smart kitchen infrastructure, smart farming, and sustainable school feeding.
Read MoreStronger together. Greater impact.
Join governments, communities, and global partners in building a future where every child is nourished.