Stop Hunger Now…

We all (the 4 boys and 2 J-life trainees) went to Waterstone College yesterday in Johannesberg, where Nathan and Jordan attend school.  The school had been raising awareness and funds to help with the STOP HUNGER NOW organization.  Once the funds were raised, the organization sends a STOP HUNGER NOW representative to facilitate the packaging of the food.  The meals are highly nutritious and consist of rice, soya, dehydrated vegetable mix and a fortification pack of 23 essential minerals and vitamins specifically formulated to combat malnutrition.

These meals are given to lower-income areas.  Whoever they are given to, they are held accountable to use the funds that they would otherwise spend on food, to buy something essential (each family with varying needs).  It does not foster dependency, but empowers them, which secures their sustainability.

With the help of about 100 kids, we packaged 15,000 meals in less than 2 hours.

It was a lot of fun!!

We enjoyed this “outing” and look forward to helping out in tangible ways in the communities around us.  I will post pictures of the J-life camp house (that we are calling our home) soon, and more on the 2 J-life trainees that God has put in our lives for this season.

Love from Africa!!