Give an Easter Care Basket to a Kid in Kenya

Regular blog readers will recall stories about Faizo, the child I sponsor through Kenya Children’s Fund. Every Easter, Faizo and the other Kenyan children get a month off from school. To me, time off from school means joyous freedom and a relaxing break, but to these students, it means hunger. Since many Kenyan kids eat the majority of their meals at school, they often return to KCF sick and malnourished at the end of the month.

To combat this hunger, Kenya Children’s Fund started the Easter Care Basket program. They give students care baskets with food and soap for their month-long vacation. Donating an Easter Care Basket through Kenya Children’s Fund is an awesome way to show your love to Kenyan students and help them when they need it most.

With the recent ethnic and political violence in Kenya, these kids need your help to relieve their suffering now more than ever. One basket can prevent malnourishment and thus susceptibility to diseases. One basket can save a life.

Each care basket costs $15 and includes:

• 4 kgs (8 lbs) maize flour
• 4 kgs rice
• 2 kgs (4 lbs) wheat flour
• 2 kgs cooking oil
• 2 kgs sugar
• 500 grams tea
• biscuits
• soap

You can donate to Kenya Children’s Fund through the Teens with a Vision Facebook Cause page or the Kenya Children’s Fund web site. Please donate before March 12 if you’d like your money to go to an Easter care basket.

Recruit your friends through Facebook or e-mail to let them know how they can feed a hungry child this Easter. To see photos of children and their parents with Easter care baskets, click here.