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Kenya hunger relief efforts top $1 million so far this year
World Hunger Sunday is just around the corner: Oct. 11. With the burgeoning hunger crisis in Kenya, the need for compassionate giving is great. Will you mobilize your church to help? Resources for observing World Hunger Sunday are available here.
NAKURU, Kenya – Starvation continues to stalk millions of Maasai people in Kenya’s Rift valley, and Southern Baptists are launching a new round of hunger relief to help the neediest survive.
Almost a third of the people in Kenya’s Kajiado and Narok districts are in dire need of food, and the new round of relief efforts will stave off disaster for about 180,000 people, according to the Southern Baptist missionary coordinating the project.
Some will not starve – because you cared
As drought ravages the Maasai homeland in Kenya, families face the specter of starvation. Thanks to the generosity of Southern Baptists who gave to their World Hunger Fund, 180,000 Maasai received a full month’s supply of staple foods.
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