Kids Against Hunger

This past Sunday, our church participated in four different outreach projects. One of them, Kids Against Hunger, was the option I and two of my daughters chose to do. We spent over two hours packing rice, soy protein, dehydrated vegetables and flavor/vitamin & mineral compound in bags that will feed starving children around the world.

I've checked out their website before, http://www.kidsagainsthunger.org and had already been impressed with them for a number of reasons:

• They make sure the people in need actually receive the food. Every attempt is made to keep corrupt regimes, warlords or black marketeers from gaining access to the food.


• The people receiving the food are taught to boil their water for a minimum of 15 minutes before adding the food so all parasites, etc. are killed.


• The food is specially formulated to not just halt malnutrition, but to reverse the effects as well.


• And more!

But Sunday, I realized just how easy it is to make a dent in the effects of extreme poverty. One bag feeds one child for one day. In just over two hours about 31 volunteers packed over 7000 bags of food. So those efforts will feed 7000 children for one day or put another way, over 19 children will be fed, every day for an entire year.

Kids Against Hunger uses a formula they call Miracle Math to show how easy it is to feed a child for a year. One person + 2 hours of volunteering = $10/month commitment = Feed one child for a year. $10 is less than some people spend on lunch every day!

Kids Against Hunger's "factory" locations are springing up all over the country, so check out the website and consider participating. you'll be blessed when you do!