Nutrition

To date we have provided over 510,000 meals to Haitian and Dominican children.  We have served 500 to 1500 meals a week depending on what year you were to look at, 1000 is a fair average. We serve food about 51 weeks out of the year, 51 weeks x 1000 meals x 10 years means we have served over 510,000 meals to impoverished children to date. That has obviously made a tremendous difference in a lot of children’s physical and intellectual development and saved a lot of family’s money that they were able to use to improve their lives.

We spend about 36% of donations on food and feed about 110 children Breakfast and Lunch Monday-Friday. They get a large portion with a big piece of chicken or beef and plenty of beans. A lack of protein and other nutrients leads to lessened physically and mental development in children and teens. The vast majority of Haitian children lack protein and other nutrients in their diets.  Some go hungry regularly while others eat white rice or plain spaghetti and so are not hungry but are also not properly nourished.  Most Haitian children are lucky if they eat meat once a week and that is not a big piece of meat, that is a small morsel of meat.  Our children’s parents are all employed and even they only eat meat at home 1-3 times a week. People can see that our long-term members look different than average Haitian children as they have been properly nourished these last 5-10 years. Feeding children is an important piece to the puzzle if you really want to help them develop and move up in the world.