Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Food Parcels, Vitamins, and BIBLES.
I thought I would take some time to talk about the actual "things" we give to the communities where we have home caregivers. We had a recent donation of vitamins from a short-term team from the US. We've rebottled them and plan to give them out to our sick clients, specifically those who have HIV or Tuberculosis. They will be helpful to balance out people's modest and inadequate diets while they are sick. The other photo shows some soup and supplement mixes that are part of our food parcels. The government is currently giving us money for 100 food parcels per month. This has food for four people to supplement their diets for one month. Orphans and vulnerable children are the focus of our distribution. We also give out blankets, clothing, Bibles in local languages, shoes, books, and seeds for gardens. Other items that are donated are also distributed through our home caregiver teams. It is great to meet people's immediate needs in these ways, but we continue to work with them to find long-term solutions and promote sustainability for them and their families.
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