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| Feeding Of The 500
IFC exists for a situation like this. Funds were sent and the food was purchased. The staff here in Manado made the arrangements for the food to be delivered. I wanted to be there when the food arrived. I wouldn't miss this for anything. The team from Taree and I witnessed the distribution of the food. It took us two trips at two different sites to deliver to all the families. When we told them that each family was going to receive a 50 kilo sack of rice they looked at each other in near disbelief. This will last a family for about one month. Along with the rice we provided powdered milk and eggs. The need they have is for better nutrition. The staff will deliver more food in the next weeks. We will be providing eggs and fish in those deliveries. The cost of the rice was about $ 1,600 USD, another $ 800 USD for the
milk and eggs, and about another $ 1,600 USD for the rest of the month--a
total of $ 4,000 USD. That provides the basics for 143 desperate families
for about a month for a cost of less than $ 30 USD--that is a dollar a
day to feed a family. I want to thank many of our supporters for giving
to this work. This is a credit to all of you and the generous way you
have provided so we can meet needs of grateful refugee families. I will
keep you posted on the situation with this group. |
Jesus
fed 5,000 and we got to be the delivery system He used to feed about 500
desperate refugees here in North Sulawesi. These people are from a village
that was brutally attacked and all these villagers were held for 20 months
by their captors. They had escaped and were now safe but still suffering.
We found out about the most recent conditions facing these people. These
143 families had virtually no food and were suffering from the effects
of malnutrition. The recent death of an infant and the hospitalization
of others children was an alarm sounded.