So I know you all have been on the edge of your seats about what our first project for the Orphan Ministry at our church is. Well I've got one word for you...Plumpy'nut.
Obviously, selfishly, I campaigned for something that would directly benefit Ethiopia. As I have mentioned many times in this blog, Ethiopia is in a state of crisis over a food shortage that has lasted longer than you can possibly imagine. They have seen many rainy seasons come and go with no signs of rain. Doctors Without Borders has set up record numbers of sights in Ethiopia, including one in Tariku's hometown of Shinschiho.
The fact of the matter is, it costs $63 US Dollars to literally save 10 children. This plumpy'nut is nothing short of a miracle because there is no need for refrigeration or any special stirring or sorting that needs to happen. The doctors can send these beautiful home with their malnourished children and continue to feed them the P'nut until their children have recovered.
The reason this is an immediate issue? Because P'nut is in short supply. It's in such short supply, in fact, that they literally have to WEIGH THE CHILDREN and whoever is closest to death, gets the P'nut. The rest are sent home UNTIL THEY ARE CLOSER TO DEATH. There is no getting around the facts or the sadness this fact includes. Least of all that the mothers of these children travel miles upon miles to get to a station that might refuse them. That refusal could be the death of them or their child(ren). Can you even imagine the pain and the difficulty? There are hundreds of pictures I could show you of these starving children but you can see them if you imagine and there is no need to use shock and awe for something like this.
There are many news reports about the stuff so please google search it if you'd like. Here is one...
As far as our "project". We're buying Plumpy'nut and LOTS OF IT! So...if you're interested, please leave a comment and I'll get in touch with you. Obviously any little bit helps but $63 feeds 10 children!!! Can you imagine that? If you know our address and just want to send money, feel free to write a check to UNICEF and put in the memo line "Plumpy'nut".
We need you, the children and mothers and fathers of Ethiopia need us and I am wanting to prove that we, Christian or not, can prove that we have not forgotten our neighbors in Africa.
Thanks in advance, much love.
Amesenganlaw (thank you)
TL
I'm no writer, I assure you. Just a woman with a few things on her mind. A mom that makes mistakes, a wife that loves her husband more than words can say and a woman constantly seeing God in the everyday.
6 comments:
Tesi, obviously I have Jake and Leslie's address already, so I'll just send it to them, if that's alright. Good luck with this project!!
I was just on Cnn.com and saw a video about the food shortage in Ethiopia. God is using his resources to reach out to these people and it is up to us to step up to the plate.
That sounds AWESOME!!!! I can't wait to read more.
I'll give $63.
Just tell me where to send it.
Tesi, I hope you don't mind, I put a link to this post on MY blog today. Hopefully, everyone who reads it will stop by here and maybe make a donation of some kind. BTW, I mailed a check to Jake and Leslie's today :)
Hi Tesi,
I hadn't yet heard back so I found it on Unicef's website. Thanks for pointing this out! We would like to help your project, or we can just give directly to UNICEF.
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