IDES staffer fasts for Kenya

Ryan Chapman, a staff member at International Disaster Emergency Services (IDES) in Kempton, Ind., will conclude a seven-day fast on Sunday, Aug. 9, to raise awareness for world hunger and the current drought in Kenya. In his blog about the project, Ryan writes: “Over one billion people are now hungry, according to the United Nations, which is about one out of six people. For less than the price of a value meal ($5) you can feed an entire family in Kenya for a month through IDES.” You can find out more about Ryan’s project here.

IDES recently donated $20,000 to CMF’s East African Famine Relief Fund for drought relief projects in Kenya and Tanzania. For more about that project, see the July 1, 2009, post to this column below, “IDES assists Tanzania Relief Work.”

IDES has partnered with CMF several times recently to meet emergencies in Africa, including funds for a water project in Turkana and Maasai famine relief.