2.3 Million Meals Distributed

When Typhoon Haiyan—the strongest storm recorded at landfall— struck the Philippines last November, Feeding The Nations immediately sprung into action with a multi-phase plan to meet immediate and ongoing needs. Recently, the 2.3 million meals we sent were distributed to children, orphans, families, elderly and refugees who are still recovering from the devastating storm.

“The donated food helped in the recovery of the school children’s nutrient deficiency, especially that we were mostly coming from less privileged families. Moreover, these children were among the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, who were seriously devastated by the said natural disaster,” one of our distribution partners reported. “They were very much overwhelmed and grateful for the blessing they received.”

As the children in one school received meals of the specially formulated rice and vegetable meals, one mother noticed that the children “have gained weight and became more active. In effect, they became more interested in going to school and have been participating class discussion more actively.”

We thank our partners who made this possible, including World Compassion Network, Warsaw, Ind.; Global Samaritan Resources, Abilene, Texas; Gleanings for the Hungry; Feed My Starving Children; and Stop Hunger Now.

We pray that you will join with us as we reach more people around the world with food and the love of Christ.

In partnership with Victory Christian Fellowship, we have already been able to secure and purchase in country canned meats, bottled water, biscuits, blankets and sleeping mats to help with immediate needs. FTN is now coordinating and planning to ship 1,560,000 meals between November 25 and December 2, as well as an ongoing effort to send food over the next six to 12 months as recovery continues (realizing that recovery for the Philippines will be a long process). Your help is still needed to make this possible. Click here to donate now.

Original article: Feeding The Nations has begun phase one of reaching the Philippines with emergency aid. This comes as a response to the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan that struck Friday, November 8. Recent reports say over 12 million people have been affected, 900,000 people have been displaced, 3,600 lives have been lost and many are still missing. Those who have survived are in need of food, clean water, shelter and more.

In response, we have developed a three-phase approach in an effort to meet immediate needs, as well as future ones because we know the process of recovery will take time. We are working with eight different agencies on logistics, operations and distribution of the food. All of these partnerships are carefully chosen with integrity, efficiency and effectiveness in mind.

The phases of our efforts are as follows:

Phase 1

Phase one of the relief efforts is already under way. FTN has provided cash for Victory Christian Fellowship, an agency with a large footprint in the Philippines, so they can purchase canned meats, bottled water, biscuits, blankets, sleeping mats and more to help with immediate needs.

Phase 2

 Phase two includes sending 560,000 vitamin-fortified rice and vegetable meals before Thanksgiving. We have already secured the meals and will be shipping them soon.

Phase 3

This will be an ongoing effort to send food over the next six to 12 months as recovery continues. It will take time for the Philippines to recover from this devastation, so our efforts must not only be short-term. With support, we can continue to feed and show the love of Christ to the people of the Philippines over the months to come.

You can help make all of this possible. You can help bring food, supplies and the love of Christ to the hurting and hungry of the Philippines. To do so, join with us. We welcome donations of all sizes. Each one is vitally important to making these efforts possible.