Milk and Medicine

Today we ventured out into the Kudu Compound to help the staff at the House if Moses with a program called Milk and Medicine. Kudu is known as being one of the poorer places but you wouldn't be able to tell by the people. When driving to the school/church that it took place at all the children and some of the adults greeted us with bright eyes, big smiles and welcoming waves. Inside the school all the moms were lined up, already prepared. I was put in front of a scale, ready to weigh them. When each of their names were called, they walked up and got weighed before going to get measured. The greatest thing was that I didn't see a single child or baby that looked malnourished. Once fed, they went with their parent to go get food. Most of the parents got between 18-36 jars of baby food to take home for the week. They also got cooking oil, ground nuts, things to make the Nshima, soy flour, vitamins, and powder formula for the infants. When the parent got all of the supplies they packed it very carefully into their cloth and placed it on their heads. It was incredible to watch women walk with  about 50 pounds on their heads! When done for the day, we returned to the House of Moses for nursery time and a good dinner.