40 Dry ration packs were purchased for the Mum’s who are registered with the Bethlehem Creche on sat 25th March. Due to the current economic conditions basic food prices have sky rocketed. There are regular power cuts, queues for petrol, cooking gas, kerosene (for cooking), milk powder and according to the news the elderly are fainting or dying standing in the hot sun for hours. It seems there is no end to the crisis but its good to be able to help with help from our kind supporters. The dry rations packs contained 5kg red rice, 3 kg dhal,6 pkts of samaposha (children’s nutritious cereal produced locally), 1 ltr cooking oil, 1kg coconut milk powder, 1 kg sprats, and 2 kg of rice flour – cost A$ 31 per package. Thank you to our supporters who made this possible. It’s almost 1 month since the Creche was able to provide dry rations to poor female headed households with young children. Unfortunately, we could not access milk powder.
