RUNDA FEEDING PROGRAM: Sunday 25th september 2011

THE INTERACT CLUB organized a trip to Runda, where the members of the club helped a feeding association, to which we donate money from our fundraising's. It was held on the 25th of september from 10:00 am till 12:00 pm. We all met up at the Java House near the UN, from where we all went to the Runda village in cars. Outside the gate, there was an army of hungry children who greeted us and inside, there were boxes an boxes filled with food : bread, milk, candy, etc... This food was bought with the donated food. Our job was to open the boxes and organize and arrange this huge amount of food in different areas of the place. Some of us, including me, prepared plates containing a bit of everything in them, to give to the elder people living around the place. We also gave a mix of bread and milk to three hungry looking dogs. Then, each of us was assigned a different kind of food to control, and was told how much to give the children waiting to come in. I was assigned the milk distribution with two other girls.
Afterwards,The responsibles let in the children, who were given little bags to put in the food they were about to receive. Shortly, groups of ten to fifteen children, came towards us and we started giving out the food. Each child got one small packet of milk and each child carrying a baby, got two small packet of milk or one big one. This went on for hours and the huge amount of food was decreasing and decreasing. But the thing is, the line of children never seemed to end. My friends and I were very affected when a shortage of milk occurred and some children did't get any. It was sad to see that some of the milk packets got wasted because of holes in them. But the most sad of all was knowing that these small bags the children were carrying represented the only sources of food for them and their family, for the whole week. This of course ended up with tears, especially when the children left, some with less food than others, and we all started praying for them. The only thing which comforted me was to remember the smile of some of these kids when they were thanking us.