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What Is Needed

Our concern is the immediate. We want to make sure that the hungry kids are not hungry.   Breakfast, for seventy children, was the first step. The next step was to introduce brown rice instead of white; a more expensive and nutritious alternative.   We discovered that many of the children did not have regular meals on the weekends. We began the weekend meal program—“proper meals” as Elizabeth says. They consist of rice, meat, beans, and vegetables. The children get as much as they can eat and no child is turned away. Currently, we are serving about 40 children for each weekend meal. All of that cooking resulted in more work. The teachers and volunteers were spending a lot of time cooking and doing dishes when their time should be used educating children. We hired a “mama” to help out—now she has money to feed her children regularly and the teachers have more time to teach. Just recently, the number of children, attending school Hill Crest, has grown to 115—word is spreading!

The current total monthly cost for the project, including paying the mama, is less than $400.00. This includes purchasing cooking gas and transporting the food to Hill Crest. It seems amazing to me that the cost is so little. I am anticipating that it will increase as the numbers of children increases.

Breakfast, 5 days per week for a month for 110 children is about $176.00 for a month or, about seven or eight cents a day per child. The switch to brown rice costs approximately $56.00 per month. The weekend meals are, approximately, $80.00 per month. This is thirty-six cents per meal per child. The costs don’t include the salary for the mama. I am astounded by how much value can be provided for such a small amount of money! And, it makes a huge difference in the lives of so many.

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