Little more than a month ago, Mary Jane was keeping an eye on her young kids, Line and Brixel, as she spoke about how the recent Philippines typhoon had devastated her home and left her with no means to care for her children. With no where else to go, she came to one of the Children’s Feeding program centers, where her children have been enrolled for some time.
Mary Jane had been living at the church that hosts the center, volunteering her efforts and eating food provided by Convoy of Hope for nearly a week since the typhoon, when she looked at our team and said, “Thank you for coming. You could have stayed where you were, but you came.”
To our friends, volunteers, and supporters we reverberate Mary Jane’s words. Thank you for joining us. You could have stayed where you are, but you joined our efforts.
Below are some of the results of your decision to join with Convoy of Hope in 2013.
- 48 million nutritious meals served to 126,421 children enrolled in our Children’s Feeding initiative.
- 118,066 Guests of Honor were given hope and helpful resources by 31,879 volunteers at Community Events.
- Nearly 1 million meals provided to survivors of Typhoon Haiyan across eight Philippines provinces.
- 1,263,489 meals purchased locally from Haitian farmers as part of our Agriculture program.
- 1 award from the Ethiopian government for our โlife-changing” Women’s Empowerment program there.
- $63,996,404 worth of food, water and relief supplies distributed to people facing their greatest moments of need.
