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The midnight call that changed everything: A letter from Haiti
It was nearly midnight when my phone rang several times. Exhausted from a long day of work, I hesitated to answer. But something pushed me to pick up the call.
A weak, trembling voice came through the line: “Is this Mr. Maillard Magloire?” Her name was Dina*, a young mother who had recently fled Port-au-Prince and arrived in Jérémie.
Her voice was shaking, heavy with trauma. She told me how armed men had taken over their farmland, raped her loved ones in front of her and forced her family into destitution.
She had escaped with nothing but her children and the clothes on her back. In Jérémie, with no support, no shelter and no income, she had turned to prostitution — not by choice, but to survive.
“Tonight, I have no strength left. I feel a fever coming on. ... My children haven’t eaten. I gave them water with salt to stop their stomachs from hurting.”
A simple box, a life transformed
Dina had received my contact from someone whose life had been changed by a Tipanou–MannaPack food box provided by Feed My Starving Children. The next day, we gave Dina a similar food box. Thanks to an additional donation from a friend, we helped her start a small business.
Weeks later, Dina told us that she had left prostitution behind. For the first time in months, she was living with dignity again.
Our mission: turning hunger into hope
Working with Feed My Starving Children is not just a job for me — it is a life mission. Dina dared to call. But how many other women suffer in silence? How many children still drink saltwater to survive the day?
To our donors and volunteers: You are not simply providing food. You are saving lives. You are restoring dignity. You are bringing hope to the hopeless.
* Name changed to protect privacy.
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