Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Hope for Kidz Hot Meal Program: Ready for Another Year

What do the numbers 1260, 45360, 181440, 42322, 21.16 all have in common?

The 2,763 children who will be fed every day during the week as part of the Hope for Kidz Hot Meal Program.

1,260= the number of boxes of food
45,360= the number of packs of nutritionally balanced, rice based food in those boxes
181,440= the combined number of meals all of those packs can provide
42,322= the number of pounds of food
21.16= the number of tons of food being provided

The container was delivered to Cayes early this morning and a group of men set to work unloading the large truck. In total thirteen men spread themselves out and formed a chain, each passing a box of food to the next until it reached its final destination inside the office where the food is stored. There the food will be stored until it is delivered to the participating schools. The number of schools receiving food has increased from 12 to 13. Deliveries start on September 2 in preparation for the school year, which starts on October 1.

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(Above) Container at the former RMI Office, which is now used as storage for this food.

(Below) The guys working as a team to get the container unloaded quickly and safely.

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In the container, the guys move the food from the front to the back….then they pass it to the guys on the ground….
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who pass it to the guys in the first room……
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who pass it to the guys in the back room where the food finally reaches its destination.

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