Bag of Rice Project #398 -A visit to the Ben 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 Ben family, their bag of rice was donated thanks to Jenn Eardley this is the 398th bag of rice our program has been able to give away thanks to generous donations.

    We met this special family in a village just on the outskirts of Uyo, Akwa ibom State. Mrs Ben is a widow and she has four kids. They live in an uncompleted building surrounded with palm trees and bushes. The environmental conditions are usually unfavorable because there is no available power and water supply. We almost got lost locating this family lol and by the time we got there it was little bit late in the evening.

Front view of their home
side
back

Mrs comfort is an aged woman and so not physically fit to take care of herself. She is cared for by her children. She had stop trading a long time ago because she cannot walk properly to get to and from the market. Their cooking space is located outside their home by the back yard of the house surrounded with bamboo sticks and palm trees. She also use firewood to prepare most of their meals. She is mostly assisted by one of her kids and a grandchild that she stays with.

Their kitchen

The Bens were so happy to see us especially because we spoke on the phone with them to try to locate their home. They were surprised especially at our insistence in meeting them and to give them an unexpected gift. They loved the bag of Rice and expressed their sincere thanks to those who donated it to their family. I believe this would go along way in providing their family needs. It was really a good time to visit the Ben family I know that this visit put a smile on their faces.

The Ben family, her son and grandson

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.