We don't have vending machines at our school, we have vendors. Most are students who sell homemade items made by their mother, another relative or a family friend. Some of the students are given a small commission for selling the products. Here are a few of the options available to our students when they're wanting something for breakfast or for a snack.
1) Donuts, local style. These are sold by several of the students at 10 SSP (3 cents) each. Aluoong, in picture, sells donuts made by one of his mother's friends. He brings a container with 60 donuts and receives 100 SSP from the lady who makes them for selling all 60.
2) Porridge drink. This is sold by Abuk, who has a tea & coffee stall on the radio/training centre compound next to the school.
The drink is made of sorghum flour, peanut paste and sugar and is quite nutritious.
Abuk sells a mug of this porridge for 50 SSP (15 cents).
3) Peanut paste. This is sold by various students, usually made by their mother or another female relative. It's basically natural peanut butter. Women buy peanuts in the shell, roast them, shell them and then take them to a grinding machine in our local market. Then they put the paste into small plastic bags. The ones sold at the school cost 30 SSP (10 cents) . Many students buy peanut paste to add to the school lunch, which consists of cooked sorghum and lentils.
4) Cookies. A newer item available is these "ladyfinger" cookies made with a small device which extrudes the batter onto a baking sheet set over a fire. They are sold by one boy at the school, Garang, whose aunt makes them.
Garang sells the the cookies for 10 SSP each. His aunt gives him a pail containing 400 cookies and gives Garang 200 SSP for selling the lot of them, which usually takes him two days.
1) Donuts, local style. These are sold by several of the students at 10 SSP (3 cents) each. Aluoong, in picture, sells donuts made by one of his mother's friends. He brings a container with 60 donuts and receives 100 SSP from the lady who makes them for selling all 60.
2) Porridge drink. This is sold by Abuk, who has a tea & coffee stall on the radio/training centre compound next to the school.
The drink is made of sorghum flour, peanut paste and sugar and is quite nutritious.
Abuk sells a mug of this porridge for 50 SSP (15 cents).
3) Peanut paste. This is sold by various students, usually made by their mother or another female relative. It's basically natural peanut butter. Women buy peanuts in the shell, roast them, shell them and then take them to a grinding machine in our local market. Then they put the paste into small plastic bags. The ones sold at the school cost 30 SSP (10 cents) . Many students buy peanut paste to add to the school lunch, which consists of cooked sorghum and lentils.
4) Cookies. A newer item available is these "ladyfinger" cookies made with a small device which extrudes the batter onto a baking sheet set over a fire. They are sold by one boy at the school, Garang, whose aunt makes them.Garang sells the the cookies for 10 SSP each. His aunt gives him a pail containing 400 cookies and gives Garang 200 SSP for selling the lot of them, which usually takes him two days.
