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HISG Brings Food to Drought Victims in Africa
Unloading the food shipment among the rural tribesmen.
Kenya,
Mar 08, 2010
HISG partnered with Kids Against Hunger to ship more than 40,000 pounds of food to Kenya. The food is packaged in individual meals that are easy to deliver and easy to prepare. The food has been shared with homeless families in the slums of Kibera, in orphanages, among rural tribes, and in communities throughout the country that are desperate for food.
The people of Kenya have suffered from a critical food shortage that began in early 2008, when rioters destroyed crops in a protest to national election results, and has continued because of the lack of rain. People all over the country have been forced to take drastic measures to survive. Some have abandoned their parched farms or their dying herds to move to the cities and look for work. Often they end up in the crowded slums with thousands of other people, still looking for a decent meal. Others try to survive without their crops, and are forced to eat gum from trees, cactus, animal feed, or tree bark.
HISG's Kenya office has distributed the packages of food all across Kenya, to the nomadic tribes in the North and to the most desperate slum. They have provided meals for AIDS orphans, for elderly widows, and countless other families in need of a healthy meal. The distribution has been a cooperative effort, working with groups within each community to identify which households have the greatest need.
The food prepared and packaged by Kids Against Hunger is an ideal fit for the drought victims. The food is easy to prepare, even for tribesmen in the most remote villages. It is made up of ingredients specifically selected to help those who have been malnourished get the nutrients they need. Moreover, the ingredients are appropriate and acceptable in every culture.
This shipment has meet an acute need in this country that has faced a food shortage for more than two years. The HISG Kenya office is reaching out and transforming lives in their community.
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