Nutrition Clinic in La Victoire...

Well, there is a lot of info missing between how we chose our name and where we are today, but I will need to fill that in as time goes by.
Today the important info is what God is doing in La Victoire and how he is using us to be a part of it!
This is a picture of some of the families that came to the nutrition training a couple of weeks ago, when we announced the opening of a Medika Mamba Nutrition clinic dedicated to helping the families in the La Victoire area eliminate malnutrition from their children. The reverence that this momma prayed with is something I will never forget!
There are several aspect of this. The 1st is training about how to make more nutritious food, even when you only have rice, or beans, or corn. Our nurse Ineve explained how to enrich it. We talked about combining food between 2 families to had an element you may not have and they may not have. They have, many times, never heard what is necessary to keep their babies and children healthy. Even if they only have 1 meal a day to feed them. Sometime less than that.

The next aspect is a nutritional supplement called Medika Mamba. It is a peanut butter based product that requires no refrigeration, no cooking, no special storage at all! It is a ready to use product that the family takes home to give to their child. There are very specific guidelines to the program. It is for those children that truly need a boost to get through a sever bought of malnutrition. See this previous post for more info on the Medika Mamba program. http://fearlesswarriorsforhaiti.blogspot.com/2011/03/meds-food-for-kids-documentary.html

The 3rd aspect to this program, as the video explains if you have already watched it, is to train and equip farmers to grow peanuts. They will receive education for farming, the seeds they need to start their crops and would have, not only a crop for market and food at the end of the season, but also the ability to sell the peanuts back to Meds for Kids to produce the Medika Mamba. This is such an incredible opportunity for the town as they are able to learn a trade, provide for their families and see their hard work go to support the nutrition of the entire community!

We are currently working to raise $2500 to train and equip 60 farmers from the La Victoire area. 10 farmers from each of the 6 churches in the town. The planting season start the end of March. So we are really working to come up with these funds in the next 2 weeks.

We have a generous matching grant being promised for the next 2 weeks to help to get up there!
Each dollar, up to $500, that is donated in the next 2 weeks will be matched. It's the best kind of 2-for-1 offer!

Please join us in making this a reality for these 60 families. For under $42 a family, it will change their lives! That is close to what is costs our family to eat out 1 night. Amazing what a small amount can do!

We have just set up a Paypal account to more convenient, or you are to send a check to:
Fearless Warriors (in a Picket Fence) Ministry to Haiti
3349 Carbineer Drive
Belvidere, Il 61008