We have now included the Buell School in our feeding programs. It is the school for orphans run by Tracy’s Heart that is free to the children who could not otherwise attend any school. These school children were not faring well in their studies. Without a proper diet and enough protein they are getting Bwaki, a protein deficiency disease, and consequently having a hard time learning or even staying awake. This disease will lead to death if not soon reversed.Their young bodies cannot sustain life or learning without food everyday. However, we have no “extra” money for this. Without more partners it means a prison gets left out. That was made too real last week when a prison director called our co-worker to say one older man had already died, and others would be shortly. That is the first time someone has died of starvation in the years since our program started. So we are asking for more people to help buy food and feed both these children and the prisoners in several prisons.
Recently one of the school children, a recipient of our food program in the middle of the school day, was so overwhelmed with joy he danced and his face glowed with wonder and surprise! Without food in the morning and little in the evenings, he viewed this as a real “miracle.” For him it could only have come from God. Never before had he eaten anything in the middle of the dayand with enough to fill his tummy. .
We are giving hope to the hungry for so many! But we must have more funds to continue in this venue as well as the prisons. YOU can make a difference! We are praying more people will get involved and literally save lives. Remember, all donations are tax deductible and ALL funds go directly to the Congolese people.
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Costs:
- Feeding 75 school children 6 times a week for a month costs $650
- FYI: Congolese schools run 6 days a week
- A small prison with 3 meals a week costs $500-$700 a month.
- A large prison handling 1500-2000 inmates costs $2200-2500 a month for 3 meals
a week.
Those prices are supposed to include small salaries to our co-workers for buying food in quantity, firewood for cooking, and transport to out station prisons, sometimes an overnight stay, etc. However, prices of food keep going up exponentially.
Under His Wings, Jayn for the Harkemas
“And the King will answer and say to them, ’Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.’ Matt 25:40
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