World Hunger Ministries
Committee Report

Summary of Actions April 18, 2008

Requests Originating with Outreach International

• Haiti School Nutrition program – Aims to ease hunger and increase nutrition in school children to enable them to be educated through the ODSM schools.$30,000US
• India, Gumiguda School – To increase the nutritional intake of students attending the Gumiguda School. $15,000US
• Philippines Field Program – To help residents of poor communities deal with problems such as inadequate nutrition, access to land for farming, food security, and infrastructure development in selected poor communities. $40,000US
• Africa Field Programs – To help people overcome the effects of poverty and develop the capacity to create new futures for themselves and their communities. $55,000US
• Zion’s Hope Day Care, Brazil – To provide nutritious meals for children who would ordinarily have a below-optimum level of calorie intake, in order to maximize their learning experience. $10,000US
  
  Total Approved for Outreach International $220,000US
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Direct Requests

• Bread for the World – To support the advocacy portion of the World Hunger Fund mission. $35,000US
• Salem, OR Food Pantry – To provide food to the hungry in their community by establishing and operating an emergency food pantry at their church facility. $13,016US
• Honduran Soya Nutrition Workshop – To increase the number of women using Soya as a protein source for their families. $500US
• Zambia, Chembe Crop Production Project – To enhance the livelihood of the Community of Christ Chembe Congregational Members $8,360US
• Malawi, Mzimba Maize Mill Project – To build a Maize Mill to help local people who have no opportunity to escape the cycle of poverty. $8,400US
• Malawi Oil Press Project – To increase the well-being of members and associated community in a very creative and beneficial manner. $8,300US
• Kenya, Njukini Horticultural Project – To drill water and install irrigation system for horticultural farming. $6,600 US
• Kenya, Fortenan Sugar Cane Project – To buy or hire a land for sugarcane farming. $11,890US
• Nigeria, Potable Water Project I – To drill and treat borehole water for consumption to stem water-borne diseases. $5,415US
• Nigeria, Potable Water Project II – To drill and treat borehole water for consumption to stem water-borne diseases. $5,415US
• Bolivia, CEDESPAR Bakery Project – To involve families through the women, to make a low cost bread of better quality, to share their testimony of Jesus Christ through group activities, to seek ways to relieve hunger and the scarcity of food and to be able to provide daily bread to the children and the people that live around the community. $9,980US
• Bolivia, CEDESPAR Fruit Project – To improve alimentation and nutrition and increase incomes from selling fruit on the local market. $795US

Grand Total of Grants Approved $333,671