Mitzvah Day Meals Shipped to Mozambique

We are delighted to announce that the 10,081 meals we packed with Rise Against Hunger (RAH) on Lakeside's 17th Annual Mitzvah Day have been shipped in a container with a total of 285,120 meals to be distributed in Mozambique!

Rise Against Hunger in collaboration with ADRA International and Islamic Relief are spearheading a 3-year school-feeding initiative in the Southern African countries of Mozambique, Malawi, Madagascar, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. While these countries have made considerable advancements towards achieving stronger food security, the most powerful El Nino on record has stretched the livelihoods and safety nets of many households in the region. Seeing the existing need in Southern Africa, RAH along with its implementing partners is responding with life-saving aid through region wide school-feeding programs. 

The expected outcomes of the initiative are to improve nutrition for school going children, increase enrollment and attendance rates at schools, and further involvement of staff, the local community, and private sector in the project. Overall, for 2017 school year the project is expected to support more than 20,000 school age children by delivering over 14,200,000 RAH meals to more than 70 schools in the 5 Southern-African countries. In Mozambique, RAH will be delivering 2,851,200 meals to feed 5,922 school-age children attending 19 schools in Boane and Maputo districts.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time with the Rise Against Hunger project and we look forward to continuing our dedication and commitment a world without hunger.