You cannot imagine the joy of unloading a safely arrived container of 250,000 meals into the hands of families in need. Fiji rejoices!
There are no words.... the moms are so grateful.
A child sleeps outside.... inside a mat.
Fiji children look out .... hoping food is coming to their house.
It is!!!!
A child in need holds a bag of food close. This picture says it all today! Cyclone Winston survivors recover slowly- food is in scarce supply for those in the mountains.
Good news! Families are now receiving the food in Fiji.... Sent from the loving hands of Moms Against Hunger. This Mom has 8 children in her house to feed. Thank God for MAH Partners!!!!
The container of food has arrived safely in Fiji!
"Dear Dr Gayla,
We have just a few minutes ago received and opened for Customs and BioSecurity inspection, the precious and much prayed over cargo!"
Pictures to come soon! Partners..... Watch!
The precious meals are unloaded and stored till the shipment funds could be raised.... once complete we were able to ship!
all 250,000 meals are loaded and ready to close the doors and ship off to Fiji!
This food is rice, 51% vegetable protein, 21 vitamins and minerals, all 9 essential amino acids, 9 dehydrated vegetables in a chicken stock and is kosher and meets all dietary laws around the world. Partners..... together ..... you and I are able to truly help the helpless with this valuable food source. Thank you for helping Moms Against Hunger to help them!
There is a current crisis that is unfolding in the tiny Islands called Fiji. Cyclone Winston one of the strongest on record with winds reaching 200 miles an hour made a direct hit in the islands.
There are MANY that are missing from various islands as well as a death toll that is rising daily. Fiji has a small a population of around 880,000 people.
This is a heartbreaking situation as the mainline news channels are not covering this horrific event. Families and homes as well as businesses and schools are now gone! Fiji, a country in the South Pacific, is an archipelago of more than 300 islands. It's known for its rugged landscape of lagoons and palm-lined beaches. Its major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, contain the lion’s share of the population, today much of the landscape in the Fiji Islands lies in ruins.
There are over 300 tiny islands that are in desperate need today. We at MAH want to help...
We are getting news from Moms who have survived this monster storm and these are the reports that are coming in to us.
As of this report the death toll has reached 42. Please join us ..... your donation matters right now! Click the donate button and help.
The volunteer Dads help unload the MAH boxes of food and the relief can be seen on their faces as the immediate needs of feeding their families is now eased.
Pastors and men of the communities join together to serve their small villages and towns in this crisis.
These men are grateful.... helpful.... and will do anything to help their families. Just can't make food appear out of the ground without someone's help during this time of need. Moms Against Hunger supplies food that will last for a while ... till crops can be grown again.... family by family.
Mama's are eating dinner tonight.... Daddy's are eating supper..... Children are being fed healthy meals... thanks to your donation gifts! Fiji is a beautiful country in need today. The typhoons wiped out their crops and homes and broke their hearts, but with our help they will be stronger and survive this nightmare. Feeding hungry people is what we all do to help those in need in third world countries. Your donations are gratefully accepted here.
Families living on the flooded area trying to get their lives back, come quckly to the vehicle for food and supplies. We are the ONLY ones assisting Global Compassion with a shipment of food supplies to help the families here in Fiji. It's the reality of being here on the ground to realize what if Moms Against Hunger was not able to help here! What would these families do?
They suffer in silence unless someone reaches to them in their hours of need. Real aid is certainly needed here...... by the outside world! Thank you for giving.... we are gathering another shipment to send to help.
Global Compassion cares about the people of their nation, and we assist them in providing food to give to families day by day. It's important to have solid connections to make sure the food actually gets to the real needs. It does..... MAH is proud to work with GC in Fiji.
This mom is watching over her little one in the hospital the best she can. He is listless, not thriving and now being checked for different illnesses. With very little food she can do nothing to strengthen his little body. She is thrilled to find out we have brought food and she gets some to take home to her family! Her sincere and heartfelt thank you tells the story of the constant worry and fear in her life, as she struggles to feed her children.
Now her baby will have nutritional food to help stabilize his health AND her family at home will be able to eat while she is staying at the hospital with her youngest. Relief comes through MAH.
As a mother .... to my experienced eyes I look over these little children and see suffering. Pain in their eyes, sores on their little legs and arms. They feel warm to my touch.... fevers are burning within. Not enough warm clothing, no shoes on any child's feet. Slimy mud covers legs up to their knees. Hunger plagues every one of them. It hurts my heart and I want to hug them and feed them and comfort them and bath them and wrap them in clean blankets and warm clothes. Put shoes on their feet and comfort their hearts. I absolutely hate leaving children in these terrible conditions!
She was so excited to be given food... her eyes were shining... she was giggling and laughing and her joy was infectious! Over simple food. It shows me that she is often hungry.... because of her response over being handed rice meals. This little girl will have enough to eat and I know her family will as well.
Moms Against Hunger needs your help to continue shipping life giving meals to children around the world. Children are the future of the world and need the care and support of the modern world to ensure that impoverished nations continue to grow and flourish. A child who eats nutritional food has a much better chance at life, learning and leadership.
The excitement is so tangible when a container arrives... all volunteer Moms are pumped and ready to start unloading the precious rice meals for children!! Moms Against Hunger charity rice 250,000 meals bring relief to families in need.
Together we bring health giving food.... and much hope to families in need. Everybody always cheers when those container doors swing open. These Moms are about to get started helping.
The Founder of World Harvest Centre, Pastor Suliasi Kurulo and his wife Mary, are gracious hosts and provide all of the essential support teams for the hungry in their country.
Ps Laisiasa Jioji the Director of Global Compassion took care of the MANY details to make the food available in the flooded areas of this nation.
Many many thanks goes to our faithful supporters who make all of this possible for this one terrible reality.... hungry children. Because you give.... others will eat today.
A hungry child helpless to feed herself.... and a mom who cannot provide. They are the reason we give to humanity in need. World hunger is on the rise and we help to sustain the lives of the vulnerable. Together our efforts change lives and start the road to health for children around the world. Fiji children will be sustained as a result of this Moms Against Hunger food shipment for them. Thank you for giving.... please don't stop!
These little children are thrilled to get a hot meal from Moms Against Hunger. I watched them eat every bite of the food we cooked for them.
No one had to be coaxed... they just dug right in! These kids were hungry it was obvious. This nutritious food will certainly help to build the small bodies of boys and girls.... and also strengthen their immune systems from the wet and damp surroundings.
Plates of steaming rice meal were handed out... nothing was left afterwards. These children ate it all. We then fed their mothers and sent food home with each one. It's life's most valuable commodity.... food.
We are walking back into the mangroves in the swamps of Fiji to get to the children living in terrible conditions. We are hand carrying food to the families here with the help of many others in front of us. There is no other way to get back into this area...just by walking. At night the tide comes in and this area is under water. In the daytime the tide flows out and this area is soaked in mud, human waste and diseases.
I find a child right away....he is cold.... bare footed... coughing... and sad. This child did not know we were bringing him help. Our loving kindness to him seemed foreign to him and he was afraid to come to me.
Explaining how to cook the rice meals we brought to them. It started raining on us but it didn't matter... this food was so important for them. Everyone stayed with us to learn what to do.... it was a precious gift of life to each one.
Moms Against Hunger makes a real difference in thousands of lives in Fiji.
She has such a bright smile... and she feels like she is not alone in this world now. Her 'thank you's' were heartfelt! Her children will eat nutritious food now. The mothers in Fiji that survived the floods are trying to get their lives back on track. Moms Against Hunger brings food to help in their hour of need. The very day the container arrived with the food.... families were being fed!
Families that survived the flood are coming back to their villages to find mud filled houses and all furnishings swept away. It's wet... I see children with respiratory problems everywhere. But the people have been busy cleaning and scraping and learning to start over.
Her baby just released from the hospital because he developed a serious infection as a result of these living conditions. We bring aid in today to help... every mom is so very appreciative!
Food is distributed along with clothing.... every little thing is of great value to them right now.
Memo: Please visit our Facebook Moms Against Hunger for updates daily!
The Fiji container has arrived... and is unloaded safely in the warehouse. Teams of Moms are busy passing out food to the hungry flood victims now. Internet is sketchy here and pictures are having a hard time downloading. Will post photos when we can.
5 whole days early of the schedule, the 250,000 meals arrived here in Fiji. With efficient help from the government, the container was released and a truck picked it up and took it cross country to Suva Fiji.
It's safely unloaded in a warehouse and soon our teams of workers will begin to pass out the MUCH NEEDED nutritional food. Moms Against Hunger is about to focus on Fijian children in need. Thank you for your compassionate donations.... your help is needed. There will be trucks and fuel costs to cover now to travel to the flood areas. Please donate today to help with these costs.
This nutritious food is important to starving people. Here are the ingrediants.
Rice
51% vegetable protein
21 vitamins and minerals
6 dehydrated vegetables and
9 complete amino acids essential for good nutrition.
It has chicken flavoring
It's kosher and meets all dietary laws in different religions.
We are proud to ship this valuable food source to hungry children. It's making a huge different around the world.
It takes many hands to pack and load a container. And many hands to give donations to get the food to the hungry in Fiji....
It was a hot day when we loaded the container for Fiji. Everyone was sweating by the time it was done.
But it was a happy day to see the doors closed and sealed...
The next time these doors are opened...... o how good it will be for the hungry to see this!!! Your donations change lives!!!!
There are lots of details that go into shipping loads of food around the world. Correct nutrients in the food first of all. Then the counting of actual food per load.... the various checks by different governmental departments- health, security, special licenses, and all their fees....booking the shipping line going to the country where we are sending the food..... the purchase of passage on the ship.... the acceptance letters from the country to whom it's going..... the arrangements of the timed delivery of the container....(typically the company will only book 2-3 hours to load the container on our yard) then the dated and timed delivery for off loading in the nation that will be receiving..... the trucks ready to receive the food.... where it's going to be given out at. the approval of the container for food protection on-board.... and all of this costs money... money... money AND perfect timing AND lots of stamped paperwork!
I can't help but say a little prayer over each container as it is loaded. All details are covered on this load going to the suffering people of Fiji. Soon the doors will be closed and sealed by the Port Authorities.
Soon little hands will be taking these packages of food out of these boxes. And soon little tummies will be filled with warm good food. It's so worth all the effort.... time....and labor to send food. 250,000 meals have been made ready with much love and care for each child.
A special thank you to everyone who made this shipment possible!
Nucerity you are feeding the hungry.... I love you all!!
The flooding is tremendous and the needs are nationwide. We are preparing to ship a container of moms against hunger food to ship AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
The children of Fiji are at great risk RIGHT NOW.
All of the sugar industry in this little nation is washed away.... ALONG WITH THEIR CROPS TO FEED THE NATION.
Can you help? We are shipping 250,000 meals for children to eat. This is a serious need and your compassionate care is needed. Please donate today to feed the hungry.
