Formula Needed

Our Adoption Agency, AWAA has informed us that there is a severe famine going on in Ethiopia. Many of the infants are arriving at orphanages severely malnourished and in desperate need of special formula. I am overwhelmed with the fact that these babies are dying because of the poverty and famine which is creating a situation where parents cannot feed their children. Moms in Ethiopia are having to surrender their children in a desperate attempt to see if their children survive.

Tom Davis, the president of Children’s HopeChest, has posted this on his blog.
"Famine and poverty are increasing the rates of malnourished infant babies in Ethiopia. Children’s HopeChest has worked with the America World Adoption Agency (AWAA) on projects in Ethiopia and Russia over the past five years. This request came to us from their transition home where they are receiving severely malnourished babies into their care. This month, in honor of mother’s day, I want to raise $12,500 to provide specialized baby formula to this transition home for these malnourished babies."

Here’s what we can do to help. CHC will raise $12,500 to purchase what is known in the U.S. as “Nutramigen” formula. This type of formula is necessary because traditional formula cannot be digested by malnourished infants.

A gift of $30 will buy and ship one can of formula to the children in need. Right now if you give $30 it will be doubled to $60! The first $500 we raise will be matched dollar-for-dollar. If CHC hits their goal, we can send 400 cans of formula to starving infants in Ethiopia.

You can read more about this on Tom’s blog .