Drastic fuel shortages are threatening this beautiful work. I’m hoping we can stop Milk For Transformation from collapsing, and decimating 5,000 more lives. I received this plea from Evariste:
“We don’t have fuel in the country. And most of the time, there are power cuts for hours or days at a time. We do use a lot of fuel indeed from transport to processing milk and chilling it. Without fuel; we cannot move . So what do we do to survive? I have to pay three times the usual amount. But we don’t have any choice. Recently, I have mobilized thousands of the stakeholders in the ministry (farmers, grass-growers, bicycles transporters, staff for processing, average families who buy cheap milk for children, the small dealers and consumers of affordable milk). They are all now on their knees praying because if we stop collecting that milk, many will loose hope. So I come back to you because I know that you have a heart for the holistic ministry to stand with us and subsidize fuel until January 2025. The cost is $12,000. We will also increase the price for the farmers because inflation is very high. Instead of collapsing, we will praise God and wait for the good season to come. We will also work hard to adjust and adapt the crises to the context we are living...”
All of us can pray for these precious people and beautiful but broken Burundi as it battles for survival. Thanks for caring.
We are raising $12,000 (approx £9,300) to support this initiative. Any funds coming in beyond the above goal will go to meet other critical needs.
