Because of people like you, this 102-year-old Christian woman in Haiti receives a box of food each month.

Larosa Pretil lives in a widows’ village in Haiti. Our partners, Outreach Aid to the Americas, have been providing her with food since March. Despite the fact that she very much needed this food for her own survival, she shared it with her family. By the end of the month, she was out of food and walked four hours to her daughter’s house in the hopes that she would still have some food left to share. But thanks to this continuing outreach, she now receives a box of food each month.

Larosa’s old home was destroyed by the hurricane (top-left picture). She would’ve died had she not moved into her new home (right picture) before the hurricane struck. Praise God for His provisions!

But that’s not all we’ve done in Haiti. We are also feeding Haitian children thanks to our partnership with Fishers of Men Ministries. Through this feeding program, 4,000 students in 25 schools are being fed.

Haiti has an adequate amount of food resources, but because the nation is struck by poverty, there is a lack of employment and ability for families to provide healthy meals for their children.

These school feeding programs help families feed their children and make it possible for students to continue their education. It is hard for any student to concentrate on their school work on a hungry stomach.

Thank you to everyone who partnered with us to make missions like these possible. Will you join with us in feeding more people like Larosa? Will you make it possible for more children to attend school with their bellies satisfied?

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On Valentine’s Day, we sent a load of food to Haiti. And the love has arrived!

One of the recipients of this Valentine’s shipment is a woman who takes care of five kids—one of whom is her daughter, while the other four were orphaned when her sister died a few years ago.

This woman is always smiling and trying very hard to be a good mom to all the kids. Having this food means the world to her; she can feed all five of them, so they can grow strong and healthy. The whole family is grateful for the huge blessing. And they hope we will continue to help meet their needs.

We want to continue helping people like this kind and generous woman who is caring for her sister’s children and her own, even in the midst of difficult and desperate living conditions.

Our efforts to reach families like this one will continue. But we can’t do it alone. It takes partnerships with people like you to be able to send this nutrition and hope to those who need it most. Will you join with us?

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Together we are making a difference. And together we are giving more than food. We recently received this update from Haiti, and as you can see, the children of Odeline’s Orphanage are not only receiving consistent nutrition, but also Bible stories and hope for the future:

We help the children from Odeline’s Orphanage.  We have helped Odeline and her children for a long time and the children are very thankful for our help. They live in difficult circumstances and don’t have much other means of support. We come with our truck a few times a month and drop off Feed My Starving Children manna packs. They love the food! We sing songs with them and help them to memorize a bible verse.

We also share other supplies as we can like clothing, toys, blankets and other household items. The structure in the picture is typical of buildings in Haiti. They construct these buildings with cinder blocks and a tin roof. This is where we meet with them and distribute the food. Although they have very little, as you can see on their faces they are thankful.

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Over the past few years, we have helped feed thousands of children in Haiti on a daily basis thanks to our long-standing partnership with Fishers of Men Ministries in Port au Prince, Haiti. In 2016, we sent multiple shipments of rice/vegetable meals that were distributed to 6,000 children each day in 24 schools and orphanages throughout Haiti.

The food is making a difference! Just take a look at this letter from Fedrique Tarjette, missions director for FOMM:

Thank you for helping us to feed children and families in Haiti and making the lives of the people of the nation better.

Some of Haiti’s poorest population live on less than $1 a day, while about 80% of the country lives on less than $2 a day. The country’s estimated unemployment rate as of 2010 was 40.6%. In Haiti 90% of the schools are private schools. These are very diverse in terms of quality, focus and resources, and are run by religious organizations, non-governmental organizations or for-profit institutions. Being privately owned, these schools usually require payment of tuition fees. Along with the cost of transportation, books and the mandatory uniforms, it is very difficult financially for Haitians to send their children to school.

FOMM has been able to provide daily meals in 24 private schools all throughout the nation. With parents already struggling to provide for their families in other aspects of life, it is also difficult for them to provide the adequate meals needed in order for their children to receive the proper nutrition. This issue of nutrition in turn affects the students’ ability to successfully obtain a proper education. With the help of the FTN (Feeding The Nations) school meal program, we are able to not only boost the students’ motivation in school and, therefore, improve their learning abilities, but also are able to boost the morale of the school staff and the parents as well.

Thank you to everyone who joined with us to make this school meal program possible. Help us continue this mission and others like it by clicking the button below:

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