34+ MILLION
NUTRITIOUS MEALS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
We help fight against on-going famine, drought, current food shortages, and recent budget cuts for food aid. But we’re just getting started.
SERV has engineered a dehydrated, fortified lentil blend that is cultivated by sustainable farms in Nairobi, Kenya.
It all starts with FOOD – but leads to so much more.
It’s freedom from human trafficking. It is a platform to learning about a man named Jesus. It is a road to better health. It provides an education. It builds community. It creates jobs. It brings hope to the hopeless.
IT IS LIFE.
TRADITIONAL MODEL: 1M MEALS
NINE
weeks turnover
$96,000
operational costs
OUR NEW MODEL: 1M MEALS
ONE
week turnover
467
financially sustained widows
$96,000
invested into Jewels of Obaga
THE PROBLEM
- FAMINE
- CIVIL WAR
- FLOODS
- DROUGHT
- LOCUST
= AFRICAN FARMERS MISS INCOME OPPORTUNITIES
OUR GOAL
- END HUNGER
- PARTNERSHIP
- OPPORTUNITY
FOOD: crisis solution
RESPONSE TIME: faster response to crisis in Africa
FAMINE: provide food aid ending hunger in Africa
NUTRITION FACTS
- Food is a dehydrated lentil blend Key Ingredients:
- Lentils, Kale, Enriched Texture
Vegetables protein, Carrots,
Onion, Vitamin and Mineral salts
packed in a 2.2 lb bag.
- Lentils, Kale, Enriched Texture
- Produced in Nairobi Kenya.
- Monitored and supervised with the Kenya Bureau of Standards following standardized health regulations.
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS
1/ Shake bag well to mix ingredients.
2/ Measurements
in cups.
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3/ Bring mixture to a boil stirring occasionally.
4/ Reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 30-40 minutes or until lentils are
Our food is a fortified, highly nutritious blend of dehydrated vegetables that is produced locally in the U.S.A. as well as Kenya, and is being distributed throughout the world in several countries.
SERV Food also supports U.S.A. and East Africa farming communities. This food is packed with such an amazing blend of nutrients that some people are calling it the “miracle food”.
Since 2006, our SERV 1 FEED 1 program has been providing nutritious dehydrated meals to the people of Turkana in the northwest Kenyan desert facing constant drought and famine. SERV never gives hand-outs and leaves for good. We continually go back to each and every village we invest in. Our Kenyan staff of 20 continues to follow up and build relationships with all we come in contact with. We love empowering villages in desperate need to get back on their feet and create renewed communities. We use all of our projects and programs as a platform to share Christ.
HUNGER FACTS
GLOBAL
- 795 million people are undernourished – that is just over 1 in 9
- 60% of the world’s hungry are women
- 98% of the world’s undernourished live in developing countries
- Hunger kills more than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined
- Nearly half of all deaths in children under age 5 are attributable to malnutrition
EAST AFRICA
- East Africa is facing the worst food crisis since 1945.
- The countries hardest hit are Somalia, Ethiopia, Northern Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan and Yemen
- Over 20 million people are at immediate risk in these countries due to severe drought conditions – almost 2 million are children
TURKANA
- Child malnutrition has skyrocketed from 14% to 30%
- 60 to 80% of livestock have died due to dehydration and starvation
- Water sources have almost been completely depleted
- Thousands of pastoralists are fleeing into Uganda with their livestock to save their lives
ALICE’S STORY
SERV International first started distributing food in Lodwar, Kenya, in 2006. The nomadic people in the area in and around Lodwar are of the Turkana ethnic group.
Turkana people are pastoralists who live off the land, moving every year or so with their livestock in search of food and water.
