Children of Vietnam - providing aid to poor and homeless children in Da Nang Vietnam

Nutrition

The nutrition programs that we offer are of two types: Supplemental food assistance and school lunch programs. In the school lunch program projects, we provide meals for children who would otherwise not have anything to eat other than what their parents would send them to school with, if anything.

Children, like these on the left, receive a daily lunch of rice at school sites. Education in Vietnam is not free. The majority of the people in this area of the country are unemployed or under employed. With an annual income per person of approximately $360, the cost of school alone is a major expense.

In addition to the school lunches, we provide supplemental rice programs at a number of sites throughout the area. On the right you will see our employee (in the white hat) distributing 40 pound bags of rice to eligible families. The rice costs about 10 cents per pound. The bag of rice will supplement a family of four for a month and costs approximately $4.00US.

Nutrition Sponsor: Staples of Life Annual sponsorship of $80 USD will provide a poverty-stricken family of four with rice for a year.
Nutrition Sponsor: Cattle Raising Program One-time sponsorship of $200 USD will provide for milk and a means to an increased standard of life for a child and his/her family.
Nutrition Sponsor: Orphan Relief Annual sponsorship of $3,000 will provide milk and other important nutrition for 50 children living in orphanages without the daily contact of a loving parent.

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