Bag of Rice Project #383 -A visit to the Onwuka family


Learn how you can be apart of helping people who are in need with our A Thrifty Mom Bag of Rice Campaign
. In 2016 we started helping a young man named Ikechukwu from Nigeria. Summer of 2019 we were able to visit his family in Aba, Nigeria. While there we saw widespread poverty and lack of basic needs. We would like to invite you to help meet one of those basic needs, by providing
Nigerian families with rice. This gift will feed a large family for a few months, or a single person a year. It also reminds them they are loved, and brings most of them to tears… as a full bag of rice is one of the most generous gifts they will ever receive. You can also read about other families we have been able to bless here.

The Following story is about the Owunka family, their bag of rice was donated thanks to Linette Birky this is the 383rd bag of rice our program has been able to give away thanks to generous donations.

We met this wonderful family in a village called Umuola outside Aba, Abia state. We were invited by their church leader. We came in contact with Mrs Comfort Onwuka a widow who lost her husband years ago and was left to take care of her six children. She currently lives with one of her kids and grandkid in a one bedroom building. To take care of her family, Mrs Comfort is a trader who sells farm products in the market so her family can find food to eat. This family have not found things easy especially in this recession period where there is high inflation on the prices of products.

Here is their cooking space where they cook with a kerosene stove or something firewood whenever they cannot afford the use of the kerosene stove. Mrs comfort is usually assisted by her daughter. We were also permitted to take a view of the parlour. The space is very little and surrounded with many equipment’s that were worn out looking.

The family were very pleased to receive this donation. Seeing the smiles on the face of the little kid I was convinced they were very happy. On her behalf I want to thank those who donated the bag of rice, the lives they affect with this act will literally save people’s lives and will help this family a lot.

Learn how you can be apart of helping people who are in need with our A Thrifty Mom Bag of Rice Campaign. You can also read about other families we have been able to bless here.