Dear JOhn,
Stories of resilience begin with a meal – and so often, they begin with the person who prepares it. For two-year-old Denis, it starts with a mom.
Rachel, Denis’s mom, participates in the Reaching Children’s Potential program in Tanzania. Rachel receives access to fresh, local veggies to supplement the Rise Against Hunger meals she cooks at least once daily for her family. Rise Against Hunger meals – along with vegetable soup – are Denis’s favorite!
As a first time mom, Rachel receives early childhood advice that neither she nor her own parents had access to before:
“Now I play with my child, talk to him, teach him games and show him a happy face. I can say my child is my friend. When we were young, our parents were not able to raise us in [a] friendly way because they didn’t receive this education, but I’m doing this with my child and I hope the generation after me will also learn from me.”
