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From Sandra and Charlie Daniels, IMB workers with the Samburu People:
I’ve been hungry, but I’ve never been starving. I’ve never been so desperate that I picked up individual pieces of spilled dried corn and beans out of the dusty ground. I’ve never held out a plastic container and begged for “just a cup” of corn. You probably haven’t either. But as food was distributed at the Baptist church in Maralal, Kenya, and greed overtook some people who grabbed and pushed, others sat in.jpg)
the dirt with their plastic cups and bags and winnowed the remains in the hopes that it might be enough to make a meal. I couldn’t see how such a little amount could make a difference to anyone, but I suppose that is the difference between want and need. I beginning to believe there is a certain psychology accompanying extreme hunger that affects people in a way that most of us will never understand.
In the Samburu district in Central Kenya, we have not seen a drop of rain fall for over four months. If drought persists, conditions will worsen..jpg)
As grasslands dry up there is no pasture for livestock. Cows no longer provide milk which is vital as a source of food and also money to buy other food staples like flour, tea and sugar. This is the life of the pastoralist. The water holes where women walk daily have become little more than cracked and dried depressions of dirt. They now must walk much further and in some areas must wait for elephants for to have their fill before they dare draw their own daily supply.
Many Samburu are having a difficult time these days;.jpg)
some more than others. While some are still able to walk and wait and survive on a little, others are in real danger. They are sick with HIV/AIDS, elderly, widowed, orphaned. These are the ones we sought out as we gave food provided by Baptist Global Response. Over a period of 4 days, we were able to give 31,680 pounds of beans, 63,360 pounds of dried corn and 3,520 pounds of fat. Each person received enough food to get them through the next month.
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Purchasing goods and transport through local vendors with whom we have relationships allowed us to provide adequate nutrition for one month for approximately 5,760 people. Living and working in the area allowed us to utilize local pastors, church members and community leaders who worked (without pay) to distribute food with honesty and fairness. At the same time, we demonstrated the incarnate love of Christ as we gave to the “least of these”.
Thank you for your prayers and support of our work, our ministry and the Samburu people of Kenya. Continue to pray for rain.
www.samburuofkenya.org/blog
http://www.imb.org/
http://www.baptistglobalresponse.org/
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the dirt with their plastic cups and bags and winnowed the remains in the hopes that it might be enough to make a meal. I couldn’t see how such a little amount could make a difference to anyone, but I suppose that is the difference between want and need. I beginning to believe there is a certain psychology accompanying extreme hunger that affects people in a way that most of us will never understand.In the Samburu district in Central Kenya, we have not seen a drop of rain fall for over four months. If drought persists, conditions will worsen.
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As grasslands dry up there is no pasture for livestock. Cows no longer provide milk which is vital as a source of food and also money to buy other food staples like flour, tea and sugar. This is the life of the pastoralist. The water holes where women walk daily have become little more than cracked and dried depressions of dirt. They now must walk much further and in some areas must wait for elephants for to have their fill before they dare draw their own daily supply.Many Samburu are having a difficult time these days;
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some more than others. While some are still able to walk and wait and survive on a little, others are in real danger. They are sick with HIV/AIDS, elderly, widowed, orphaned. These are the ones we sought out as we gave food provided by Baptist Global Response. Over a period of 4 days, we were able to give 31,680 pounds of beans, 63,360 pounds of dried corn and 3,520 pounds of fat. Each person received enough food to get them through the next month..jpg)
Purchasing goods and transport through local vendors with whom we have relationships allowed us to provide adequate nutrition for one month for approximately 5,760 people. Living and working in the area allowed us to utilize local pastors, church members and community leaders who worked (without pay) to distribute food with honesty and fairness. At the same time, we demonstrated the incarnate love of Christ as we gave to the “least of these”.Thank you for your prayers and support of our work, our ministry and the Samburu people of Kenya. Continue to pray for rain.
www.samburuofkenya.org/blog
http://www.imb.org/
http://www.baptistglobalresponse.org/
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