Morgado Culembe says he grew up on ForAfrika’s ‘porridge’. As a child during Angola’s war, he and his family had to flee from their home in Bocoio to Lobito, where their father managed to find them a house. But food was often a problem.

His father was a civil servant, and, in wartime, his salary was not always guaranteed.

“Sometimes, there was not food at home, and I would have to miss school to help my mother sell things, like sugar, soap, rice and pasta at the market. I realise that it delayed my learning to read.”

“We often went to bed hungry,” Morgado says.

They eventually discovered ForAfrika serving food to the displaced at a nearby church.

“We got meals there three times a week, usually pap (maize) and beans, and then we started to get CSB (Corn, Soya Blend porridge) at school. My mother helped to cook it.”

“The quality of the food was a great incentive for us to go to school. When the truck came to bring the food, we were very happy and helped to unload it and arrange the bags in the school’s stockroom. We knew we would get food for the next few days.”