Tag: nutrition
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Worry and compassion
I just learnt that Tumaini’s fantastic volunteer manager, Stacey, has had to cut short her 2nd semester in Shibanze and return home to Canada to be with her family. I truly hope Papa Helliker recovers well but have to thank Stacey for still finding the time, despite the worry and distress, to send me an…
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When you tuck yourself into bed tonight ….
.. take a moment – not for guilt – but just to consider whether you can make a difference to someone. I’ve often thought how unfair it is to support one family and not the other but we have a special link with Christine and her family, the cook at the Tumaini Academy, set up…
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More gifts of advanced nutrition for malnourished children
My wonderful contact at MannaRelief has just rang to offer another 6 months supply of MannaBears to us, fully funded. With these “glyconutrients” we can add to the “current food programs which are mainly cereal-based and lack many of the nutrients young children need … filling a child’s stomach not only fails to correct the…