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The Basics
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Food.
We serve 2 meals
a day, 6 days a week
to 132 students
& staff.
This relieves
the burden of
feeding another
mouth in all
respective homes. We
want a full,
diverse meal
plan, but are
limited by
budget.
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Water.
We purchase
water from a
tap for
hand washing,
dish washing and
drinking.
Better
facilities would
mean easy
access to water.
This resource
issue is
far less
complicated when
you're in a
nicer
neighborhood.
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Housing.
We are not an
orphanage.
We match
orphaned
students with guardians in our
community who
offer direct
love & care,
which an
orphanage
cannot. We can
then meet
the students'
other needs more
effectively.
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Clothes.
Visitors bring
donated
items. Arrivals
are sporadic and
we cannot restock
shoes and
clothes at
the rate kids
deserve. This
takes a backseat
to more pressing
needs when
making difficult
budgeting
choices.
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Medical Care.
We provide
annual
check-ups,
first-aid,
emergency care,
preventative
care and
HIV/AIDS
education. This
issue is
vast
and complicated
but we are
working quickly
to
take it all on.
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Band-Aids.
Not Solutions.
We all know the
proverb:
That is a fact.
But here is one
more important
truism:
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It's true -
feeding,
clothing,
medicating and
finding housing
for our students
will not end the
cycle of
poverty. In
fact, if that
was all we
offered our
kids, it could
actually
perpetuate the
cycle.
Still, at Hamomi,
we recognize the
fine balance
between long
term
sustainable
development and short
term immediate
needs.
We don't
pretend that
feeding or
clothing
children today
creates lasting change.
But, we cannot
ignore the very
real
circumstances
our students
live in by
getting caught
up in our
end
goal.
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