Don’t Just Wait and Take, but Give and Help!
During 2007, ten families - beneficiaries of the F2F program in Bosnia received donations of cows from their sponsors. Those families were not the only ones who benefited from these donations – the local community benefited as well. For families who were given the gift of the cow, this represented a huge step on their way to self-sufficiency - one of the central aims of Mission Without Border’s Family-to-Family Program.However, the benefits were not limited to the individual families. For the local community it meant an increase in cattle-breeding as well as decreased number of poor families.
Besides these factors, there is one result that is truly inspiring, the most important result of this blessing. Every week, at least one of this blessed with a cow for their family comes to Mission Without Border’s Community Centre in Glamoc, to deliver several kilos of cheese to be used in feeding the poor elderly and disabled beneficiaries of the Soup Kitchen.
Having visited there last April, the Glamoc Community Centre is offering a lifesaving ministry to the poor, elderly and disabled of the town. The debris of war still litters the town, the unemployment rate is over 70% and by far the majority of the population is elderly and has been abandoned by their children and grandchildren who long left in hope of finding jobs and a life elsewhere. They feel forgotten and abandoned and the state of Bosnia is do next to nothing to help them. For many of the elderly, their entire diet consists of the daily meal they receive at the Soup Kitchen.
Therefore the addition of wonderful fresh cheese from the families now enjoying the produce of their new family member- is priceless.The cheese is used in meals consisting of pasta or maize flour and it is nutritious for the beneficiaries of the Glamoc Feeding Centre.
It is perfect evidence that the beneficiaries of our Programs, such as those in the Family-to-Family Program, have learnt not just to wait and take, to also to give and help others! By doing so, they show love and compassion towards those less fortunate than themselves!
A challenging and inspiring for us Australians, isn’t it!
If you would like to join MWB’s Family-to-Family Program, but sponsoring a family and/or give the gift of something as prized and priceless as an animal aiding them on their way to self-sufficiency - contact us, or visit this website for more information or to see some families waiting for sponsorship now!
God Bless,
Michelle Dorey
National Director
