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A Forever Family

Today Restituta is an independent grandmother providing for her family.
She now earns almost $2 a day, an increase from 18 cents a year ago.
She built a business selling tiny dried fish, called daaga, which changed
everything. When we first met, Restituta’s daughter had suddenly passed
away in childbirth, leaving baby Esther without a source of milk and
there was no way she could afford the nutrition needed. Thankfully,
our Tanzanian team gave nutrition, training, and empowerment over 12
months. A year later, Restituta feeds her family better food more often, she
can always afford medicine, knows more about keeping her family healthy,
and has a better quality of life. The best part? The family is together, in their
community, able to thrive, forever.

Restituta’s is one of so many stories turned around through
project J735N Forever Projects: Nutrition, Empowerment
and Independence in Tanzania. The project aims to prevent
malnutrition and starvation of newborn babies, improve
family incomes and the health and quality of life for families
in the project. This year, 225 new families have enrolled with
a total of 262 babies receiving nutrition, leading to 84% of
caregivers having more confidence about their child’s future.
217 women received business skills training and 52 were set up
in businesses, improving the lives of 1528 people.

Emergency care of babies and
reunification or adoption is also a
focus of the J301N Our Neighbours
Community Project in Zimbabwe.
Additionally, the project improves
the lives of street children by
providing a home until they can be
reunited with family. In the face of
critical water and food shortages
in Bulawayo, the project’s farm
aims to provide resources for their
outreach to the homeless, elderly
and vulnerable who receive nutrition
and care. During the COVID-19 crisis
the project has reached 710 families
in 5 underserved communities
with food relief, blankets, masks
Grandmother Restituta with baby Esther, once destitute this family is now thriving after receiving
support and training from J735N Forever Projects in Tanzania. and information on how to protect
themselves from the virus.

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