Our morning began with a nice 5 mile walk (some did take the car), to see how the jatropha plants and the other farming operations work. The scope of all that they have done here is amazing. The scope of all that are doing is inspiring. We spent our evening packing food for the food distribution that we will be doing tomorrow. It is work that can tax one’s back, but wonderful work. Someone said, “This is why we are here.”
The scope of the food distribution is difficult to explain. We began with 30, 50 Kg bags of rice (5 of which were bought by Peachtree Academy - THANK YOU - Peachtree!!). The others were bought through donations of all who supported our trip - Thank you to each and every person who gave. You are making a huge difference in the lives of people who are desperately poor. 3300 pounds of rice - something around 1.6 tons of food. This New Year’s Day, they will have something to eat.
Can you imagine celebrating New Year’s hungry? Not knowing when or how you will get food for the new year? Who will survive the year because hunger makes the littlest ones more vulnerable to disease? We poured rice into large bins and scooped the rice in large cans and measured it into black bags. We added two sleeves of pasta and oil and tied the bags up. We packed the individual bags into the large rice bags and dragged them around to stack them for storage until tomorrow.
I will try to post pictures tomorrow. This is a case where a picture is a worth a thousand words. This is why we are here.
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