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Sophia Primary Feeding ProgramSophia, Guyana
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Changes to Project DescriptionThe project has been extended due to the school breaks experiencedby Guyanese schools throughout the year. A revised timeline hasbeen provided.Project GoalImprove the educational conditions of 100 students at Sophia PrimarySchool in Sophia, Guyana, by providing them with daily meals for oneacademic year.Project UpdateThe school feeding program started in June 2022 and ran for onemonth before schools were closed for the summer vacation break,which lasted approximately two months. Schools across Guyanareopened on September 5, 2022, and the students were fed untilDecember 9, 2022. Schools were then closed for the Christmasholidays. On January 3, 2023, schools were reopened and feedingrecommenced from January 16, 2023, to March 31, 2023, whenschools were closed for two weeks for the Easter break. Sophia Primary reopened on April 17, 2023, and has been serving its100 students a hot nutritious meal each school day since. The schoolterm will officially close on July 7, 2023, bringing the school year andthe feeding program to an end.
According to the World Food Bank, food prices worldwide are at anall-time high, triggering a global crisis and driving millions intoextreme poverty, magnifying hunger and malnutrition whilethreatening to erase hard-won gains in development. Food For ThePoor (FFTP) is doing what it can to help the situation in communitiesthroughout Guyana, thanks to the generosity of donors.The school feeding program at Sophia Primary is one of them,offering the students it serves an opportunity to educate themselvesout of poverty. Audrey Sue, the school’s principal, continues topraise FFTP - Guyana for its intervention. She is often heard sayingthat God works through FFTP in the lives of "her babies."Remaining Project ComponentsThe school will continue supplying meals through the feedingprogram until the project concludes on July 7, 2023, when thecurrent school year ends.Thank you for feeding the children of the poor and allowing them toflourish at school. “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’" Jeremiah 29:11
Children's StoriesEliza Abraham is a six-year-old first-grade student who lives withboth parents and six siblings in a squatting area located within thecommunity of Sophia. Her parents vend for a living, buying pastriesand bread from a nearby bakery and selling them along the SheriffStreet corridor, a place bustling with people. Eliza is usually left in the care of her older siblings while their parentsare working. Life is difficult for two street vendors with sevenchildren to care for. Many days they are forced to eat the pastriesand bread they buy for resale so they don’t lose their investment.According to Eliza’s parents, they struggle to provide for their largefamily, but their faith in God pushes them on. They are thankful forthe feeding program because they do not have to worry about Elizawhile she is at school.
Priya Richards is a vibrant 10-year-old fifth-grade student.According to Priya’s classteacher, she is an excellentstudent, always attentive in classand participating without beingcalled upon. Her grades showthat she defies the odds of herliving situation as she is one oftheir top students. Priya comes from a broken homewhere her father abused hermother. This affected Priya, whoacted out in school aggressivelytowards her peers. Her third-grade teacher took her under herwing and worked with her. NowPriya is a top performer. . For the past eight months, she has been living with her mother and twosiblings at her grandparents’ home, after separating from her father’sabuse, at walking distance from the school. Priya’s mother is happy tohave her on the school feeding program because she is unemployed,depending solely on her parents, who are pensioners, for support.
Audrey Sue from Sophia Primary shared how incredible theschool program has been for the children and how much shethanks FFTP and donors for the gift of food.Click on Audrey Sue's photo tohear her testimonial.
Little Tia is concentrating on her main course. Afterward, shewill get a piece of fruit.
Best friends Eliza and Olushola have a happy lunch togetherand talk about what girls talk about at school.
Many of the students at Sophia Primary School live inshantytowns in deplorable conditions. A warm meal at schoolmakes a huge difference in their life.
Life is made a little easier for the students' parents, who do not have to worry about school lunches.
The kids are ready for their warm meal being served by theschool's staff; grateful to you for this life-giving gift."Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done."Proverbs 19:17
Click the image above for a message fromNatalie Carlisle.A MESSAGE FROM NATALIE CARLISLE
About Food For The PoorFood For The Poor, one of the largest international relief anddevelopment organizations in the nation, does much more than feedmillions of hungry children and families living in poverty primarily in 17countries of the Caribbean and Latin America. Thisinterdenominational Christian ministry provides emergency reliefassistance, water, medicine, educational materials, homes, support forvulnerable children, care for the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance. For more information, please visitwww.FoodForThePoor.org.To view this proposal online, please visit the following website:[insert Short Link from Share page]