Page 7 - FOC Fall Winter 2020 Newsletter

COVID 2020

Our Response...
FALL/WINTER 2020

CARPENTRY SHOP COMMON POTS
The carpentry shop (Olla Comuns)
has reopened and is Due to the increased
operating 5 days a week. poverty and
The ACAF carpentry unemployment, many
shop was blessed with new community soup
a donation of 26 tons kitchens have started up
of wood from the Sider in the barrios. Community
Peru Company. The neighbors have decided
shop has been extremely to gather together and
busy building furniture prepare meals for the
for the victims of the most vulnerable in their
devasting fires, white surrounding areas. ACAF
boards, garden boxes has provided over 70 bags of food. Each bag
and they recently were allowed to go back into the provides enough food for 40 people.
barrios to build homes and the latest soup kitchen.

FOOD NUTRITIONAL
DISTRIBUTION PACKETS
The distribution of As the distribution
essential food packets of the essential food
was a priority after the packets continued. The
mandated quarantine ACAF staff took things
began in March. This to a different level and
continues to be a weekly wanted to provide
effort and as the ACAF education on the
staff walks on the front importance of nutrition
lines continued need is and how to make the
recognized. The packets food supplies that they
contain a bag of rice, were receiving be used
sugar, milk, oil, oatmeal, noodles, beans and a bag of properly and provide the most nutritional benefits.
20 rolls from the ACAF bakery. Over 9,000 families These packets include recipes and ingredients to
have received this blessing. $18 feeds a family of four prepare health sustaining meals.
for one week.

MEDICAL SOUP KITCHENS
Hospitals in Chimbote ACAF continues
are collapsing with the to operate 4 soup
staggering number kitchens and they
of people trying to have remained open
get medical care. during the lock down
The loss of so many and the number of
lives and the sense of beneficiaries continue
great desperation has to rise. Since the
developed due to the COVID outbreak
lack of equipment and 37,735 portions of
infrastructure. During food have been served
these past few months, to our brothers and
the ACAF medical services has provided aid to over sisters in Chimbote and surrounding communities.
440 beneficiaries with medicine, medical supplies,
exams and support.

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