Clothing Distribution

We just want to give a very big THANK YOU to our home church of Landisville Mennonite for their generous donation. With the funds they donated, I was able to buy clothing and powdered milk for several preschools.

The first distribution was this past Thursday, at Dona Arcadia's house. Abby was able to talk with the teacher at a nearby preschool, and obtained a list of all the children and their ages.



With this information in hand, we went to a used American clothing store in town and bought age and gender specific clothing for all 30 children. I also bought an age specific powdered milk for the teachers to use when they give food to the children.

Below, the powdered milk.


We arranged for the ladies to come to Dona Arcadia's house, and with the list in hand, called out the name of each child, who came forward to receive their clothing. We then handed the powdered milk to the teachers.


There is always the argument that this kind of "help" is not sustainable. While I generally prefer to employ more sustainable methods of assistance, I felt like this was worthwhile. It's true that the kids will not always have the powdered milk, but they will at least receive some added nutrition for a few months. And perhaps if their mothers see a difference, it will motivate them to find a way to buy milk for them, although it is quite expensive.



At this point, we have 2 other preschools waiting for distribution. I hope to use the time I have during this next week of vacation to buy the clothing and milk for these schools. THANK YOU LANDISVILLE!