Discover how hidden costs affect university students in Uganda and why student support systems are essential for education success.
Read more: THE PRICE OF STUDYING: THE HIDDEN COSTS OF UNIVERSITY LIFE IN UGANDA
Ending Campus Hunger. Unlocking Student Success.
Food security is a foundation for learning, wellbeing, and opportunity. Learn And Lunch advocates for a future without campus hunger and builds practical solutions through research, student networks, and partnerships to ensure every university student has the opportunity to succeed.
Learn And Lunch is a student-led organization advancing food security as a foundation for student success in Ugandan universities. Through research, advocacy, student networks, and practical solutions, we work with universities, student leaders, and partners to understand campus food insecurity, influence systems change, and build approaches that ensure students have the opportunity to thrive.
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Universities
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Engaged
2,300+
Students
Reached
Reached
20+
Student
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Ambassadors
33
Active
Volunteers
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OUR FOCUS AREAS
Evidence & Understanding
We research student food insecurity and document lived experiences, building the evidence needed to understand campus hunger.
Student Leadership
We equip students to learn, organise and lead, positioning them as participants and leaders in solving the problem.
Food Access & Innovation
We develop and test practical, dignified and scalable approaches to student food security, from meal access and campus gardens to hands-on nutrition sessions.
Institutional Change
We work with universities, researchers and partners to integrate food security into the wider student success agenda.
Collective Action
We bring students, universities and stakeholders together to build a national movement for food-secure higher education.
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MOMENTS THAT
MATTER
“No student should have to choose between lunch and learning.”
STORIES OF
CHANGE
Across campuses, students are speaking about the realities of food insecurity and the solutions they want to see. These stories help bring visibility to an issue that has remained invisible.
Food insecurity affects students differently. Learn why a gender lens is essential for creating inclusive food security solutions in Uganda’s universities.
Read more: Food Security Through a Gender Lens: Building Inclusive Universities in Uganda
Discover why food security in universities is essential for student success in Uganda. Learn how Learn And Lunch is tackling campus hunger through research, advocacy, and student-led solutions.
Read more: Food Security in Universities: A Fundamental Pillar for Student Success in Uganda
On March 28, 2026, Learn And Lunch visited Body and Soil Africa in Mityana to explore a partnership tackling campus hunger — not through temporary food relief, but by empowering students with the knowledge and skills to become active participants in sustainable food systems
Read more: There Is No Revolution Without Education: Learn And Lunch Partners with Body and SoilMoments That
Matter
Before Learn And Lunch, I used to skip meals during exam week. Now I have the energy to focus and perform better.
The program has completely changed how I approach my studies. I'm more energized and my grades have improved significantly.
I never realized how much proper nutrition affected my academic performance until I joined this program.
OUR PARTNERS
We work with campus communities, student networks, and organisations building practical pathways to end campus hunger.
