Kids for the Kingdom Annual Report 2019

One of Kids for the Kingdom’s first projects was a feeding program in La Concha, Nicaragua.
“We were running a school and realized the kids weren’t able to focus on their schoolwork, but
because their families were too poor to feed them breakfast, they came to school with empty
stomachs.” says Kids for the Kingdom Nicaragua Founding Director Mario Aviles, “we knew
the hardworking people of the village wouldn’t want their children receiving a handout, so we
required every child at the school feeding program to bring 2 sticks of firewood as ‘payment’.
The firewood was used to cook their ‘free’ breakfast.”
Kids for the Kingdom has adopted the ‘two-sticks-of-firewood’ principle at its feeding programs
around the world - in India, children bring 2 rupees (just a few cents), in Kenya, the children must
bring two pieces of litter from their community, in Zambia, children help bring in supplies, and
clean their own dishes after the meal. At each location, children learn the important lesson that
the meal is not a handout, it is earned. Teaching the Biblical principles of hard work along with
the truth of the Gospel is a core value of each of Kids for the Kingdom’s feeding programs.
In 2019,
60,022
children were provided
full, nutritious meals
each week
Those who work their land will have abundant food… - Proverbs 12:11