JUNE 2006 | News
June 1, 2006
Every Child Project for India
This project is an extension of the ministry doors that opened because of the tsunami; Feed the Hungry will purchase bulk quantities of rice, dhal... eggs, fresh vegetables, cooking oil, and milk over a six month period initially (May-October) to provide daily meals to 1,000 orphaned and vulnerable children (abandoned, neglected, child-laborers) in Andra Pradesh, India.
We have already sent the funds to purchase the first month's allotment of food for the children's daily meals. Our partner ministry, Mercy and Grace Ministries, and their teams will prepare the food daily and feed the kids alongside a gospel/educational program where the children will learn about Jesus and the Bible and learn/improve their reading & writing skills.
Canada has a unique opportunity to provide the Children's Literature Kits for this project!! Each kit costs $8.50 and contains: 1 Bible, 1 Scripture Workbook, 1 Christian Coloring Book, 1 Set of Crayons, 1 Song Book, and a notebook and a pen. These are all in the Telegu language, the predominant language in that part of India. If you would like to contribute to this project, please contact your church representative, or contact us directly at 604-244-7879 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Darfur, Sudan
We're moving forward with a project to acquire five more containers of the ready-to-eat meal packages that we are now shipping to various nations in Africa for the troubled region of Darfur, Sudan. The meals (1.375 million) will be distributed through a partnership with Safe Harbor ministries.
Safe Harbor will reopen a ministry center in Nyinbouli, just south of Darfur; they will continuously bring in teams of medical workers &volunteers to minister one-on-one to the Sudanese via medical clinics, counseling, and a feeding & meal distribution center. We also hope to send a large quantity and variety of Arabic gospel literature for adults and children. The Jesus film in Arabic will be shown in the evenings followed by a short salvation message from a Sudanese pastor.
Zimbabwe
We are pursuing an additional six containers of ready-to-eat meal packages (1.625 million meals) for Zimbabwe.The Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe, an umbrella body of over 180 denominations and para-church organizations, is requesting assistance for this nation that has experienced numerous setbacks due to drought, disease, and political upheaval.
The famine is being hidden by the AIDS epidemic, with more than a quarter of the population HIV-positive. Pediatricians in the two main cities of Harare and Bulawayo told the newspapers that child malnutrition has doubled over the past year. At least 20 corpses of newborn babies are found each week, thrown away or flushed down lavatories. President Robert Mugabe's Murambatsvina Operation (loosely translated ‘drive out the filth') has left more than 700,000 people homeless and digging through garbage to survive.
Four Nation Appeal Expanded
Since the appeal letter was sent out in April, more requests for aid have come in. The need is so widespread -- because the hunger in much of Africa is overwhelming. And of all the pleas for help from Africa and indeed from around the world, from places you've never heard of, there is one common thread... one word they always use: please. They are hoping, they are praying, they are crying out for help. We are eager to answer their cry. We are now endeavoring to send food to Kenya & Niger as well.
Pakistan Earthquake Relief - Update
A container of rice and tents recently arrived in Lahore, Pakistan. Ps. Salik is moving them up North to the affected areas as we speak, and estimates that he urgently needs another 25 tonnes of flour, rice and cooking oil.
Every Child/Every Day Update
We recently received some updates from two of the Christian Orphanages that FTH is supporting... as part of our Feeding Every Child/ Every Day program.
Your support through FTH has allowed these Christian ministries to bring new children in and, in one case, to open another school knowing that the children's meals would be provided for.
“I am grateful for Feed The Hungry's compassion to our children and nation as a whole. Our orphanage Joshua Youth Academy was established to care for the children who lost their families due to HIV/AIDS and other calamities. Currently the orphanage extended its service for 50 orphans who are orphans indeed, having lost both their father and mother. We will extend our ministry to 72 and then to 144 orphans phase by phase as our new building project is completed.
Feed The Hungry last year donated food items that fed our children for nearly a year's time. We are so grateful to Feed The Hungry for the aid you have given. I appreciate your consideration and generosity to bless us with food support as God prospers you.”
In His Service
Negatu Aberra, Joshua Youth Academy
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
“The children at our refugee school have all been born in this camp. Their families fled from Burma back in 1995 to become refugees on Thai soil. These children know nothing of the world except refugee life. The camp provides meager portions of rice, salt, and fermented bean wafers; hardly enough to make a decent meal. The children at Living Word School are provided with a daily hot meal of vegetables, meat or egg along with rice or noodles. For many this is a highlight of their day!
Feed The Hungry is helping us to provide nourishing meals for over 500 children in the Nation of Thailand; children who otherwise would be left to fend for themselves. We give our heartfelt thanks for helping us to fill their bellies. Through this simple act we have been able to demonstrate the love of God and fill their hearts with the Word of God.”
Charlie and Cathy Milbrodt
Founders/Directors
Living Word Ministries International
ABUNDANT LIFE CHILDREN'S HOME in Thailand
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