By Marcus Fey | Project Co-Founder & Advisor
We've started making deliveries of baby formula and wanted to share a couple real stories from the kind of families we are helping. One of our first visits was to a family with two children and a baby on the way. The father was electrocuted while working on power lines, lost the ability to use his hand properly, and can’t work indefinitely. The mother sells blended drinks but with markets closed its been tough to find any income. Their daughter can’t speak or walk and suffers from seizures for unknown reasons despite multiple brain scans. The mother was in tears of thankfulness as we left their home.
Another single mother me visited works for a sunflower farm that provides ingredients to one of Thailand’s most famous dishes, papaya salad. They can still sell their product to the large retail stores but the lack of open restaurants has taken away one of their primary sources of demand. To try and survive yet retain staff, the farm cut all hours down by about 60%. While she’s thankful to still have some income, it’s not enough for mom, grandma and 4 kids in the house. Her one year old son has multiple health issues and finally left the hospital in January 2020 after a year-long stay. Grandma takes care of the kids while she works. The milk and extra food we gave them will fill the gap until the mother is able to work at the farm full time again.
Thank you for helping us "fill the gap!"
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