Here the local drink is made by boiling sorghum to get the goodness out. What’s left of the sorghum is normally fed to pigs but now things are so desperate that the people eat this to help fill their aching stomachs even though there is little if any nutrition left. We are doing what we [...]
Nabrabogo News #1 from Roger and Chris Bast
Determined to get the food there. The truck broke down again last week, thankfully after we had completed out of town food distributions. So for the local deliveries we used what we could get. So far we have distributed over 30000 lbs of food and plan to purchase 36 – 100 kgs sacs with the [...]
“Food Crisis” – Canadian Government Announce Major Funding Initiative
“We need to act now to prevent a major humanitarian crisis.” These are the words of parliamentary secretary Lois Brown, who made a major funding announcement on behalf of Canada’s Minister of International Cooperation Julian Fantino. “A severe drought last year, poor harvests and rising food costs have helped contribute to a food crisis in [...]
West Africa Food Crisis
What do Olympic athletes know about nutrition? Without good nutrition, it doesn’t matter how talented they are, they’re not going to win any medals. DID YOU KNOW? If a child doesn’t get the right nutrients in their first 1,000 days of life, the damage to their brain and body cannot be undone. Right now, there [...]
Update – West Africa Food Crisis
The food crisis in West Africa continues to get worse. Earlier this week, several Catholic relief and development agencies released a joint press release highlighting the chronic worsening situation in West Africa and across the sahal region of the African continent. Click to read story. The news that the situation continues to gradually get worse [...]
Lighthouse School light to shine in another community!
This week, Cristian Santiago visited the Careforce offices to share with us the future direction of the Lighthouse School. After 19 years of serving the community members of Los Alcarrizos Cristian and the board of the Lighthouse School are looking to replicate the success and establish a second Lighthouse School in another nearby community. This [...]
Help CFPC – Burkina Faso Build For The Future
The ongoing construction on the workshop, storage and office building at CFPC at Nabrabogo in Burkina Faso will free up the second classroom in the school building. It is currently being used as a storage room. When the workshop building is completed towards the end of this year it will allow the trainees in the [...]
Lighthouse School Newsletter from Cristian Santiago
Hermanos and hermanas! (Brothers and sisters), As already this year we have had 8 teams and close to 200 people pass through, we wanted to take this opportunity to THANK YOU for coming to serve the people of Los Alcarrizos here in the Dominican Republic, as we work together to not only proclaim the Gospel [...]
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