Bag of Rice Project #517 -A visit to the Solomon 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.

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The following story is about the Solomon family. Their bag of rice was donated thanks to Katie Martin, and this is the 517th bag of rice our program has been able to give away thanks to generous donations.

We met the Solomon family in Ekpene Obo a village located in the Southern part of Nigeria. The Solomon family. The family was introduced to us by a friend and when we got to the house they were all seated outside, they gave us a receptive welcome. They were waiting for us to state our mission and when we did the family was happy. They were asking if it was a politician that sent us, but we told them it was donated to them by someone. They never believed their eyes because It is very hard for someone you don’t know to give you a full bag of rice which is more than the minimum wage of a month in the country. The family lives in a mud house which is an ancient type of building, the house is not in good shape and is on the verge of collapsing if the necessary things are not done. The Solomon family is blessed with 6 kids, two out of the kids are out of school. They lack access to basic amenities, like light and good water.

The Robinson family cooks at the back of their house and they make use of firewood to cook. They are unable to afford cooking gas due to the price of cooking gas in the market, the firewood they are using is harmful to their health but they have no choice but to make use of the firewood. Mr. Robinson was formerly a pastor but he had an accident that has made him unable to preach because he has been visiting the local doctors to take care of his leg. The wife Mrs. Patience said she is unemployed and has been unable to start a business because of her husband’s health condition. The wife said she wanted to learn tailoring but she does not have the money to pay for learning.

The family was happy someone donated a bag of rice for them. They prayed that God will supply the donor with his needs and whenever they call on God for help he will answer. The family smiled and danced as we left.

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.

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