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South Sudanese children, refugees from the conflict between north and south, have fled to Egypt with their families and are living in poverty.
Lack of food, medicine, adequate clothing and shelter has compromised the health of many. The Ma'adi Community Church operates several small schools for these children, offering them a warm welcome, a hot meal and an education.
Canadian Shirley Trotter obtained Flintstone Vitamins from HPIC and carried them to one of these schools - a simple way to ensure a chance at better health for dozens of children in need.
HPIC received the following letter from a woman who works at the Ma'adi Community Church school.
Dear friends:
Thank you so much for the children's Multiple Vitamins which you donated for the poor Sudanese refugee children living in Cairo.
I have been involved with the Ma'adi Community Church schools for 18 months and have watched these children and their families struggle to survive as refugees in a country that really doesn't want them at all. The parents are very loving and caring and education is a priority for them. Their energy goes into feeding and housing the children and then making sure they get to one of these little schools which are really just dirty apartments on the ground floor.
A donor has offered to provide one hot meal a day and that is often the only meal for the children and it is also an incentive for them to come to school.
These vitamins are essential to their health. The children often have colds, infections, are very thin, have skin disorders, etc. Fruit and vegetables are a rarity in the over-packed apartments they live in. Vitamins are unattainable for any of these families and if they could pay for them, the quality is very poor. So your gift is gigantic to many families!
We are touched by your compassion and your generosity. Thank you, thank you. Blessings in abundance!
Yours truly,
Mary Jean Crouch
Chair, Refugee Education Committee
Ma'adi Community Church
Ma'adi, Cairo, Egypt