EAST AFRICA
Nutritional Feeding Programs
• Served 133,402 people, including 20,817 severely malnourished children, a total of 8,004,120 supplementary meals (1,571,808 pounds)
Health Programs
• Treated 29,159 patients
• Through Hand of Hope Medical Mission Trip, an additional 3,306 patients were treated
Child Sponsorship Programs
• Sponsored 105 children with food, clothing, school supplies, and other essentials (all children were from the community, Children’s Home, and your Safe Homes)
Children’s Home
• Provided a loving home for 30 young girls left orphaned in the streets
Refuge Home (for Sex Trafficking Victims)
• Served 30 girls and their 13 children through the Refuge Homes; with an additional 30 girls that have graduated and moved to Phase 2 of independent living
Mercy Chapel (Vocational Training Center)
• Provided training for six individual vocational training programs; computer science, sewing, hair-dressing, silk-screen printing, weaving, and leather crafts
• 98 girls were enrolled in the Vocational Training program with 90 graduating (92% completion/graduation rate) and moved on to a brighter future
Water Wells
• Completed 12 water wells in remote areas of East Africa; providing thousands with clean water for the first time
Speed Schools
• Provided a school for 4,025 children through the Speed School Program
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Refuge Home (for Sex Trafficking Victims)
• Provided services for 39 young women and girls, including 16 minors
• Served young women whose ages ranged from 14 to 46
• Provided them with a home for an average stay of six months
Wings Love & Care Center
• Provided 14,239 people (4,788 families) with 71,272 pounds of food through your Food Distribution Program
• Provided coats for 350 children and adults this past winter
• 113 children received Christmas gifts and groceries
• Provided 201 families with Thanksgiving groceries and 162 families with Christmas groceries
• You hosted 44 weeks of After School Program each Thursday during the school year and 10 weeks of VBS Program through the summer
Volunteers
• Our dedicated volunteers are a tremendous support. Their hard work and time in the office and during special events are why Crisis Aid is able to do what we do with your gifts. In 2017 we were blessed to have 370 volunteers / 7,632 hours