Hope x 500%

 

We distributed more than 120 tons of nutrition rice meals this month, with the hope this can keep us going for two more months. Some of it was tied up at the port for six months due to political turmoil in the country. The ultimate irony is that even the rice farm ran out of rice to eat. We had to go to town and buy it. The heroes are unsung. People like Bill Meyer, Lou Binninger, Eric Rivera, Dave Wilkinson, and others, who work to send hundreds of tons of food to feed kids half way around the world. They will most likely never see them, or even know they exist. Well, at FCOP we know it, and we are eternally grateful!

Do you want a 500% return on your giving? Think about this, these aforementioned men can obtain food in 40 foot shipping containers form sources like Feed My Starving Children, Stop Hunger Now, Gleanings for the Hungry, and the Butte Country Rice Producers for free. The purchase value for us in Cambodia, to just replace the volume of rice and protein being sent, with not nearly the nutritional value, would be in excess of $25,000 per container. By the time we pay shipping and clearance costs, each container of food costs us only about $5,000. We need more, but we lack the funds to pay for shipping. It is a great way to multiply your giving power.

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