FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE (ANS) -- VMP Nutrition Foundation and Mycell Technologies Have Joined Forces with the US Charity Paradise 4 Kids and the Aussie Charity Paradise Kids to Combat Hunger With A Unique Nutritional Snack.

A recent visit to Sierra Leone motivated Gigi to come up with a solution

According to a news release, Souritzidis, US President of the charity group Paradise For Kids, known by its supporters P4K and which is the US charity arm of Dr Rev Themi Adams a former Australian rock star, now a missionary in Sierra Leone, has plenty to celebrate about.

P4K’s Souritzidis has formed alliances with US firms Mycell Technologies and VMP Nutrition Foundation to resolve the hunger crisis for many in Sierra Leone and will be receiving batches of this unique nutritional food to feed them for a limited time. She says there is still more work to be done to secure ongoing supplies.

“I can’t help to reflect upon my recent trip to Sierra Leone,” said Gigi Souritzidis. “The thoughts which come to my mind are all about the precious children. I can still see them in their school outfits, many with dirty legs, some with mud in their hair.

“The most vivid memory was a little girl who came up to me during school break and stood by my side, staring at me. She quietly spoke, ‘I am hungry.’ My heart dropped as I had no food to give her. Other children started to gather around us. Her eyes did not leave mine. I motioned to her to walk towards the jeep. Inside I had a protein shake. I thought perhaps I could give her this and it would energize her and help diminish her hunger. She approached the door and so did about 30 other hungry kids.

Handing out nutricious food in Sierra Leone

“The jeep was parked against the building so I thought if she could squeeze between the car and the wall I could surely hand her the shake to drink. I motioned for her to go to the other side and then opened the door and handed her the large cup. No sooner did she take a gulp, other little hands started to grab and pull it away from her lips. After the third child pulled it away, the shake almost spilled on the ground, eventually, Six children took gulps after that and in a matter of a minute it was all gone.”

She added, “From that moment forth, it seemed that every-time I think about Fr. Themi [a former Australian rock star who is now a missionary in Sierra Leone] I think about the malnourished children and what we could do to help.

“A few months ago I spoke to our committee in New Jersey (USA) and the also committees in Australia and we all began searching for some way to make a substantial difference in the children’s diet. We put our heads together and found out that on our committees we have doctors, nurses and nutritionists already within our ranks.

“After research we were led to UNICEF and from there our Lord opened doors with VMP Nutrition Foundation and Mycell Technologies who have now joined forces with us to feed the poor school children of a little forgotten area called Waterloo just outside of Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital city.”

Samples of the food

Mycell Technologies is an ingredients and technology company that develops proprietary liquid formulation of stable, highly concentrated Omega-3s for use in food, beverage, medical and nutritional products and VMP Nutrition Foundation was established by Cesar Rodriguez to wage a campaign against malnutrition, as he puts it “the silent enemy that kills one child under 5 years old every six seconds”. These two companies have chosen Paradise 4 Kids charity organisation and offered to fund the first round of Food Supplement approved by UNICEF at NO COST.

“God is good!” said Gigi Souritzidis. “This is a huge donation that will save lives! Unfortunately, it is a temporary solution. We need to raise funds to be able to continue to provide this product on an ongoing basis. Rev Themi our man on the ground, in Sierra Leone, is currently back in his home country of Australia raising awareness for this very issue and seeking supporters to pledge $50 a month to feed one child.

“Please join our efforts in finding friends, relatives and co-workers to help feed one child per year!

“It comes down to under $50 per month, less than a cup of coffee a day!
We can give these children a chance to grow up healthier and think clearly so they can focus on learning and become educated, therefore changing the course of poverty in their part of the world.”

If you would like to get involved with this project please contact me, Gigi Souritzidis on Gigi@paradise4kids.org 

Dan Wooding, 71, who was born in Nigeria of British missionary parents, is an award winning British journalist now living in Southern California with his wife Norma, to whom he has been married for 49 years. They have two sons, Andrew and Peter, and six grandchildren who all live in the UK. He is the founder and international director of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News Service (ANS) and he hosts the weekly “Front Page Radio” show on the KWVE Radio Network in Southern California and which is also carried throughout the United States and around the world. Besides this, Wooding is a host for His Channel Live, which is carried via the Internet to some 192 countries. Dan recently received two top media awards -- the “Passion for the Persecuted” award from Open Doors US, and as one of the top “Newsmakers of 2011” from Plain Truth magazine. He is the author of some 45 books, the latest of which is “Caped Crusader: Rick Wakeman in the 1970s.” To order a copy, go to: http://www.amazon.com/CAPED-CRUSADER-Rick-Wakeman-1970s/dp/1908728302/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335474883&sr=1-1 .