July 2011 Update:
FTN partnered with For His Kingdom Ministries in helping to reach the Tolupan tribe. The Tolupan are very difficult to reach, so missionaries and aid groups generally overlook them.
The Tolupan tribe retreated to the forest interior of the country when the Spanish conquistadors began killing them and they have been there ever since. The rugged, mountainous terrain makes life in this area very difficult.
The 40ft container was shipped to Tegucigalpa with 271,000 rice/vegetable meals to be distributed as follows: 65% will go to 150 Tolupan children and roughly 200 Tolupan adults. 35% will help feed 200 children in Nueva Suyapa and 100 children in Mateo.
The horse will carry about 2,000 meals each trip, walking several hours up the mountainous terrain to reach the Tolupan people.
First and foremost along with the food will come preaching, teaching, house-to-house visitation and prayer.
On April 28th one 40ft container filled with 271,000 Manna Pack Rice meals valued at $65,000 was donated to FTN by Feed My Starving Children. This food was sent to bless the Tolupan tribe in the rugged mountain areas of San Juan, Honduras, as we partner for the first time with “For His Kingdom Ministries”. The people of the Tolupan tribe are very difficult people to reach because there are no roads. Additionally, there is virtually no medical care nearby which forces them to walk 5 to 6 hours while crossing 4 rivers just to receive help. They do not give their babies names until they reach 10-12 months because so many die before that time. Their children are very malnourished. They eat whatever they can find. Getting food to them will be a challange.
