Our take: Samaritan's Purse, a faith-based organization that provides food to children in the world's poorest communities, is currently in Bolivia, a nation where 23 percent of the population is malnourished. Created in 1970, Samaritan's Purse also trains local volunteers and helps parents track their children's nutrition. In addition to working in Bolivia, the group has worked with similar communities around the world to provide relief, build factories, and help build sustainable economic and agricultural practices.
In the mountainous rural communities of Bolivia, thousands of children receive food through a school-feeding program implemented by Samaritan's Purse.
Samaritan's Purse is a faith-based organization that has been working since 1970 to support communities impacted by natural disaster, war, disease, and famine. Through food-security programs, Samaritan's Purse works to bring nutritious food to impoverished communities while helping them develop economically sustainable agricultural practices.
In Bolivia, where 23 percent of the population is undernourished, the school-feeding program delivers food to 72 rural schools while helping farmers who struggle to grow crops. Many children, up to 30 percent in the Chucananqu region, do not have access to milk, eggs, or meat. Through the school-feeding program, which purchases food from local businesses, 28,000 children under the age of 14 receive food that is high in protein, fiber, and essential vitamins.
Read more at The Christian Science Monitor.