Stop Hunger Now

As I mentioned before the food that is served for the HOM school lunches comes from the organization Stop Hunger Now. It is a rice mix that is fortified with all sorts of vitamins and minerals. The packets are also given out to those in need in the community…it is given the name “ti pasteur” as in little pastor as it is given out from the church and is a very good outreach in the various communities.
At the Terre Noire or Blanchard school, the rice is cooked by Madame Valmont and Madame Irene. They start very early as there are over 500 students here to feed. The littlest children (3 year olds) get out at 11 a.m. so they eat early. Lunch for all the students is over by 12:30. Starting early in the morning the ladies also chop up some extra vegetables to add to the mix—peppers and onions usually. And then there is a sauce to go with it—either bean sauces or a runny tomato sauce. Both of those are very good and it changes each day so that the children don’t get too tired of the same thing day after day after day. Sometimes they put dried fish in the tomato sauce and I don’t like that one at all but can eat the rice on its own. The kids sometimes buy what I think are cheetos that they crush and put on top of their rice for a bright orange plate of food.I’ve eaten in the cafeteria once but find it too hot and too noisy so I usually take my plate upstairs where I can also add my own seasonings.Check out Stop Hunger Now if you’re interested in seeing what they do or even how you can help feed the world…I know that they have many different ways to get involved. I also know that both Black Mountain Presbyterian Church and White Memorial Presbyterian Church package meals for SHN.