Nutrition

“… and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.”

Isaiah 58:10

Once known as “The Pearl of the Caribbean,” Haiti is now known as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.  It is a country ravaged by devastating natural disasters and a people oppressed by political instability and violent civil unrest. As a result of rampant unemployment, over 59% of the population lives in abject poverty.

The majority of students coming to school arrive with hunger filled stomachs.  To show the love of Christ in a tangible way, nutritional feeding programs were established as an essential part of daily ministry.

DID YOU KNOW?

4.9 million Haitians, or nearly half of the population, do not have enough to eat. Of those, 1.8 million are facing emergency levels of food insecurity.

One out of four children suffers from chronic malnutrition and two out of three children suffer from anaemia?

1 out of every 14 children in Haiti die before their 5th birthday?

2023 Fall Update

In partnership with FMSC (Feed My Starving Children), a 40-foot container has been shipped to Haiti filled with MannaPack Rice meals.  MannaPack Rice is a formula created to meet the nutritional needs of malnourished children. Packs are protein enriched and vitamin-mineral-nutrient fortified in a blend of rice, dehydrated vegetables, and soy nuggets.

What a blessing beyond measure as over 2,000 children will eat Monday-Thursday within the NHMI school network. Because it is difficult to teach children whose stomachs are hungry, lunch time at each school begins at 10:00 a.m. MannaPack Rice meals will be supplemented with additional beans and sauce. Fresh vegetables vary based on the season and can include carrots, potatoes, corn, plantains, celery, peas, and sweet potatoes.   

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