Mwandi United Church of Zambia Orphans and Vulnerable Children Project

Promoting an environment in which orphans and vulnerable children are cared for to facilitate a meaningful life

Uniting Church in Australia, Port Lincoln

Newsletter No. 49

How much do you spend on coffees, cakes & biscuits in a week? Never thought about it?
Well it only costs $6 per week to feed one of the children on our feeding program. About the same for 1 cup of
coffee and a biscuit.

With the world economic problems we are facing a shortfall in the support we usually receive and the finance is
just not coming in this year for our feeding program, we are struggling. The last thing I want to do is remove children from the program or change the menu. So I am asking you to spread the word and to help fundraise for our children. It's a BASIC essential FOOD.

Something we don't hesitate about buying when we feel hungry or reaching for the fridge or pantry door is FOOD and it's something we do take for granted. But if we don't feed our children this one meal a day they will die,
especially those children that are HIV positive...

Read more in Newsletter No. 49, July - September 2011

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