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 African orphan suffering from absolute poverty and hunger

African orphan that has to care for sibling.  African orphans caring for orphans.

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Feed Hungry Children of the World

Help Hearth to Hearth Ministries feed African children that are starving in Africa.  The Paragraphs below were adapted from a letter from Pastor Maurice, the administrator of Hope for Children Center.  He has been working to feed the children that come to the gates of the African orphanage that he manages.  Pastor Maurice has written many letters asking for help to feed African children.

Hungry African orphan that has come to the orphanage gate for two slices of bread

 FEED AFRICAN CHILDREN PROGRAM

One of the most important achievements that I can mention is the Feed African Children Program, which was organized by the older children in Hope for Children Center orphanage.  They were so touched by the plight of the starving orphans outside the orphanage that they decided that they would forego one meal a day to share their food with the younger children dying of starvation in the streets or in their homes. Some of our donors/sponsors, when they became aware of what the children were trying to do on their own, decided to send support to assist in buying food to feed the starving children these African orphans were trying to help.  Far more funds are needed if we are to meet the needs in a more meaningful way.  This program opened an opportunity for Winifred Ajwang, an African orphan at Hope for Children Center Orphanage, to bring in one orphan (Mummy) that was starving in Africa. On one of the outings Winifred saw a starving African orphan that was so weak from hunger that she could barely move.  Winifred begged to be allowed to bring the orphan she called Mummy into the orphanage and promised to care for her.  Winifred's sponsor generously agreed to cover all the costs of Mummy's care until she was stronger.  Thank God, Mummy is now sponsored.

This was reprinted from Feed Hungry Children.

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Absolute Poverty
Absolute Poverty is a condition characterised by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services.  (According to a UN declaration from Copenhagen in 1995. Info in this section on absolute poverty from Wikipedia)

World Poverty

 In developing countries, poor people spend up to 80 % of their disposable income on food.  There is no buffer to modify their food costs. Those who always lived on the edge of starvation have been tipped over that edge by spiraling prices. Economic theory known as  Engel’s Law notes that the proportion of a nation’s income spent on food is a good measure of the nation’s welfare.

This is part of an article from the July issue of Spotlight on Orphans newsletter.

 

Poverty in the US
The official poverty rate in the US was 12.3% for 2006. (The last year stats available for.)

The US is now in a resession and the poverty rate is probably much worse now.

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