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Feed a Child for US$19.95 Per Month

For young people in America or Europe, US$20 could buy a ticket to a movie and a snack. In Swaziland, that money could feed a child for a month.

As the department of the United Nations that fights hunger, the World Food Programme (WFP) has calculated an international standard for meeting the minimum required nutritional needs of children. The cost: only US$19 per month. In Swaziland, that small amount buys all the food needed to meet – and surpass – the WFP's guidelines for a month's worth of food.

Morvite Energy Breakfast cereal - 3 kilograms
Maize meal - 6 kilograms
Beans - 5 kilograms
Cooking Oil - 1.5 litres
Milk powder - 250 millilitres
Eggs - 1 dozen
Sugar - 500 grams
Salt - 500 grams

The additional US$.95 we are asking you to donate covers the cost of banking and foreign exchange fees, so that your full US$19.00 can be given to the family. NERCHA underwrites all other expenses of the Young Heroes program.

Clothe Your Family for Only US$10 Extra

If you add just US$10 per month, you can also help the children in your family buy the clothes they need. Over the course of the year, this small extra fee can buy a child the clothes listed here – some of which could be the uniform he or she must have in order to attend school.

• 1 pair of shoes
• 3 pairs of socks
• 3 pairs of underwear
• 3 undershirts/bras
• 2 pairs of pants/2 skirts
• 3 shirts or blouses
• 2 t-shirts
• 1 jacket
• 1 warm blanket