Last weekend's first episode of Les Courses du Coeur (Groceries from the Heart) was a huge success!
Most clients who did their shopping at Jumbo or Leader Price have given something to help street and other vulnerable children in Tana. The four beneficiaries are:
- Akani Fitahiana's children (www.tanastreetchildren.blogspot.com) in Akorondrano
- Les Graines de Bitume (http://www.grainesdebitume.org/)
- Grandir Dignement (www.grandirdignement)- helping children in prisons
- Centre Sainte Marie - orphanage in Mamasina
We received hundreds of kilos of rice, boxes full of cooking oil, immense piles of biscuits, milk, sardines, dried beans, pasta, noodles, soap bars, dish liquid etc etc...
Old and young, Malagasy or foreign, rich or poor, everyone gave something!
Thank you also to the sponsors: Telma Foundation, Croustipain, Infinithe
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| Philippe and me in front of Jumbo Supermarket |
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| Jeremie is contributing too |
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| Young and old are giving |
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| Two boys making a generous rice donation |
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Sara Georget of the Green Party is happy with the initiative
that avoids plastic bags too! |
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| This is just a small part of the collections, in 6 supermarkets at the same time |
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| Boxes full of food |
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| Vivianne of Telma Foundation lending a helping hand |
I like this. This should be done more, not advocating for more foreign aid.
ReplyDeleteHopefully, it won't end up [from the law of unitended consequences] as Robert D. Lupton called it "Toxic charity".
http://fcsministries.org/books/toxic-charity/
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Your article is very helpful thank you very much for sharing .
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