OUR FEEDING PROGRAMME IN MAXIXE

This has proved to be a vital part of our work out here in Mozambique.
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We are currently running two feeding programmes , one down at the orphanage in Malavela, and the other here in Maxixe.
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Our feeding programmes cater mainly for widowed ladies with young children, who find themselves on their own, with young families to bring up, and no means to support themselves.
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We also support a number of teenage girls and guys who again, find themselves on their own through the death of their parents, in very difficult, vulnerable and sometimes dangerous situations, often with no shelter and no food.
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Our feeding program in Maxixe

Having spent a stretch of time out in Mozambique this year I came away more convinced than ever, that our feeding programs play a vital role in our work amongst these lovely people. It's one thing to rescue some one from difficult circumstances: it's another thing altogether to have the means in place to prevent it.


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Two of the young girls on our feeding program in Maxixe.
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Esperance, 20 years old, and her two year old son Daniel, together with her sister Juvitta,16 years old, are on our feeding programme. They go to school, and are part of the young peoples' group at church.
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Without the support from our feeding programme, they would be on the streets by now.
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At thirteen years old this young girl is in one of our "Home Care" projects.
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We now have three youngsters in home-care families and it's working well. Here the child is supported in a loving family enviroment, where the child can grow up as normally as possible. It seems to be the way forward for these children and young adults.
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We currently have twenty widowed ladies and teenagers, on our feeding programme in Maxixe and ten in Malavela.
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