December 2011
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PhytoBlend™ Powder Arrives in South Africa
South Africa is commonly known for its high poverty levels and orphaned children who struggle daily with the devastating effects of malnutrition.
Here at MannaRelief, we see opportunity where others see devastation. Thousands of children in South Africa have experienced the benefits of proper nutritional support that we were privileged to provide in the past decade, but our last shipment was...
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Children face a big problem. We have an innovative...
Malnutrition is defined as the condition that develops when the body does not receive the right amount of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients it needs to maintain healthy tissues and organ function. At any given moment, more than 500 million children in the world are affected by malnutrition. Undernutrition contributes to over half of the 9.7 million deaths of children under the age of five...
November 2011
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Convoy of Hope Visits with MannaRelief in Texas
On Tuesday afternoon, Erick Meier and Bill Whitworth of Convoy of Hope joined us at our headquarters to discuss the progression of PhytoBlend™ powder in El Salvador. They were pleased to inform of us of how well the Caregivers have taken to utilizing our vitamin and mineral complex in meals they prepare for children in their care. They shared a video to show us of their other initiatives and we...
October 2011
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President Pierre Nkurunziza Partners with...
You never know where an opportunity will lead you, so a word of advice: When opportunity knocks, always take time to open the door and introduce yourself. MannaRelief had no idea what was in store when we made a simple follow-up call to a local Texas couple. During a recent outreach, the couple, Mr. and Mrs. Faught, found themselves in the company of the president of the Republic of Burundi in...
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Visiting With Convoy of Hope in El Salvador
Here at MannaRelief, we believe it is impossible to separate our passion from our work. So we were not at all surprised when our videographer, Seth Thorpe, returned from El Salvador with a new love and passion for the children there.
MannaRelief began a partnership with Convoy of Hope El Salvador in January 2011 with a six month supply of PhytoBlend™ powder for 6,000 children. Partnering with...
September 2011
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One Year With PhytoBlend™ Powder
It’s been an incredible first year with PhytoBlend powder. So far, we’ve provided more than 6.8 million servings of our revolutionary vitamin and mineral complex to nearly 25,000 children in 25 countries across the globe. We’re looking to do even more in our next year.
Join us. www.mannarelief.org
PhytoBlend is a trademark of Mannatech, Incorporated. Used with permission.
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PhytoBlend™ Powder is Taking the World by Storm
MannaRelief could never have predicted how fast word about PhytoBlend powder would travel. Opportunities have continued to knock on our doors since our first shipment to Mexico at the beginning of the year. Our office was abuzz with excitement when we partnered with Vamos Mexico to help 5,000 children in need of proper nutrition. We were just as excited when we shipped PhytoBlend powder for 51...
August 2011
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Working in Mission, Texas with Buckner...
At the Buckner Community Transformation Center in Mission, Texas, we provide PhytoBlend™ powder to families under the poverty level who are in desperate need for proper nutrition. During the training on this day, we educated the parents about the importance of good nutrition for their children and explained how PhytoBlend powder will help provide all of the essential vitamins, minerals and...
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Providing PhytoBlend™ powder with Essence of...
Although many may not realize it, children in the United States are also exposed to the devastating effects of undernourishment. On July 19th, we partnered with Deedra Walker to provide enough PhytoBlend powder for two months that will support more than 100 children in a summer program called Essence of Fitness in McKinney, Texas. We sent over a team to help serve food with PhytoBlend powder and...
July 2011
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Partnering with Backpack Mission to Impact...
If we asked you to picture a child in poverty, what would you picture? Do you picture a barefoot Indian child walking the streets of a city’s slums? Or perhaps you picture an African child whose stomach is bloated from being malnourished. What if we asked you to picture an American child living in poverty right in your own neighborhood?
According to the USDA, 14.7% of American households were...
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Fulfilling a Legacy with Elizabeth Monyela in...
We often consider our blessings as normalcies owed us and forget to be thankful for small things. We tend to forget to appreciate the roof over our heads, the running water in the bathroom, the loose change forgotten between the couch cushions, the family and friends all alive and well. What if you had to work long, physically laborious hours every day just to scrape by? What if your house was...
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Fighting Malnutrition in South Africa and Mexico...
Two very important shipments went out from the MannaRelief warehouse last week. We provided nearly 850,000 servings of PhytoBlend powder to children in Mexico and South Africa.
The first shipment marked our second delivery of PhytoBlend powder to more than 5,000 kids in Mexico. In addition, two new organizations were included in this shipment; just over 300 additional children will now be...
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Stories From the Staff
Latest from the Hope program
Aaron, who is thirteen years old, has been in the Hope program for 4 years. He recently took an evaluation test and scored as high as someone graduating college!
Nathan, six years old, used to be terrified of water. Mom tells us he recently got into a tub of water, then later got into a pool. She also says he has grown taller, feeds himself and has even memorized the...
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Impacting Romania: Three Years of Consistent...
Three years ago we visited with Caregivers and Orphanages across Romania who see first-hand the effects malnutrition can have on young children. Thousands of children in Romania receive less than three servings of fruits and vegetables a year. And because poverty levels are so high, some parents are forced to steal to provide for their families. Unfortunately, nutrition isn’t a priority when...
June 2011
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Every Purchase You Make Can Change a Life with...
How much money did you spend today? Maybe you got a cup of coffee for $3.50, bought lunch for $11.34 and then picked up a new pair of shoes on the way home for $58.60. What if you could round up each of those purchases to the nearest dollar, and donate the spare change to MannaRelief?
Well, our newest partner SwipeGood allows you to do just that: maximize your spare change for a good cause,...
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PhytoBlend™ Powder Goes to The Philippines
In the last couple of months we’ve made a number of new partnerships. These partnerships allow us to distribute nutritional support to children on a daily basis. One partnership in particular is with John Pike who is the Director of ten feeding centers in the Philippines. John explained that most of the children he serves only receive one meal per day, and it’s usually only a couple...
May 2011
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PhytoBlend Powder Arrives in El Salvador • Convoy...
As our partnership kicks off, Convoy of Hope reports from El Salvador with a huge thanks to everyone involved. Thanks to Mannatech, Incorporated and their Give for Real program, we are able to support 6,000 children in El Salvador with proper nutrition.
PhytoBlend is a trademark of Mannatech, Incorporated. Used with permission. †MannaRelief is an independent nonprofit organization. It is not...
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Working in our Community • Dallas/Fort Worth
In a partnership with local relief organizations 6 Stones and Mission Arlington, we provide proper nutrition to thousands of children and people in our community.
April 2011
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Stories From the Staff
Latest from the Hope program
Felicity is going on 2 years old and is crawling everywhere. She knows how to say ten words and is quickly catching up with her age group. Mom says people hardly recognize her anymore.
Meranda is 16 years old and has been in the Hope program since 2003. Her mother reports that Meranda has been more focused lately and is slowly learning how to read and do math. She...
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Stories From the Staff
Every Friday our staff shares stories and reports that impacted them throughout the week. These are stories or reports from parents, relatives, or guardians of children in the Hope program and also Caregivers and partners in the Blessing program. Some are good reports and some are heartbreaking cries for help. Starting today, we want to share them with the world.
Latest from the Hope program
For...
March 2011
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Doors Open for MannaRelief in Ecuador
Andres Malo of Cuenca, Ecuador has a big heart for his home country. It is evident in his participation in a number of different causes that have helped his community. We’ve worked with Andres for a number of years to provide nutritional support for FAICE, an organization that works with children who are blind. His passion is undeniably an inspiration to us all.
Earlier this year, Andres...
February 2011
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High Profile Partners with MannaRelief
High Profile is a company known to help thousands of talented office professionals find rewarding work with companies around Dallas, Texas, but they’re also a company of heart. Through their “Good Works!“ program, they mobilize their staff, involve their clients and publicly commit funds to deserving local charities. Since they started the program, they have been able to help...
December 2010
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William Adkins Inspires Others to Make a...
Over the last few months, William Adkins, an 11 year old boy from Tucson, Arizona has been an advocate for change. Once William learned about malnutrition and the severe consequences it has in the lives of millions of children around the globe, his natural instinct was to help in any way he possibly could. When asked about how he felt about malnutrition, William said, “I don’t think...
August 2010
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Trevan Kozel Raises Money for Children in Need On...
Kristi Kozel of British Columbia, Canada suggested to her son that since he receives many gifts from his family for his birthday, it might be nice for him to help other kids that don’t even get the basics in life. Instead of receiving a bunch of gifts from his friends at his party, he could request a donation that would really make a difference for children in need! He agreed.
Kristi gave Trevan...
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Meet Gabriel and Beatrice
In 2006, Brandon and Darnelle Donnell from Burleson, Texas began to provide nutritional support to Gentle Shepherd Children’s Home, an orphanage home in Kenya. Nearby, the Donnell’s met a family with six children, two of which were Gabriel and Beatrice. Gabriel, who was 10 years old, is handicapped and has no use of his legs from his knees down. Beatrice, 4 years old, was unable to...
July 2010
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Providing Nutritional Support with Gateway Church
MannaRelief donates 37,500 servings of nutritional support to Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas to distribute to local organizations and children in Guatemala!
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Angie Orellano-Fisher and Joe Petersen Team Up to...
On Saturday and Sunday July 24th-25th, Team Mannatech athletes Angie Orellano-Fisher and Joe Petersen will take part in a 400 mile bike ride from Santa Cruz to Los Angeles to raise money for children around the world. The two athletes were awakened by the shocking statistics they found on malnutrition and decided that it was time they did something to stop this global epidemic. We know first...
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Blake Wagner Expresses His Thanks and Gratitude
Blessing representative, Genesis Lee, came into the MannaRelief staff meeting last Friday morning with excitement all over. She had just finished a phone call with Blake Wagner.
Here’s what Blake had to say:
When Jesus told his disciples to feed the multitude with only a boy’s lunch, a small loaf of bread and a handful of dried fish, they must have thought something like,...
April 2010
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Winfred Lambeck gave up the gifts on his birthday!
Most of us get things we don’t have much use for on our birthdays, and Winfred of Remscheid, Germany feels the same way. Winfred decided to try something different for his 60th birthday. This year, he asked his friends and family to donate to MannaRelief, instead of giving birthday gifts, to make a difference for children in need.
In Winfred’s words, “Back then, when I was a...
March 2010
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Real Change in Romania #6: Update from Family Aid...
In the sixth blog of the “Real Change in Romania” series, Rufus Whynot, Director of Family Aid Foundation, gives an update on the gypsy camp he visits and shares how nutritional support has impacted children in the camp and in his personal care.
Family Aid Foundation (B-224)
Question: “Share what’s been happening at Family Aid Foundation”
Things are going well. We have recently started feeding...
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Real Change in Romania #5: Update from Casa Shalom
In the fifth blog of the “Real Change in Romania” series, Becky Walsh, Director of Casa Shalom, gives an update on her orphanage and shares how nutritional support has impacted children in her care.
Casa Shalom (B-950)
Question: “Share what’s been happening at Casa Shalom”
Currently, we are expanding the village outreach part of our ministry. We ran our children’s home for 14 years and we...
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Real Change in Romania #4: Update from Romanian...
In the fourth blog of the “Real Change in Romania” series, Estera & Viorel Grigore, Directors of Romanian Kids Ministry, give an update on their orphanage and share how nutritional support has impacted children in their care.
Romanian Kids Ministry (B-935)
Getting nutritional products from MannaRelief was something new. There isn’t very much relief support for South of Romania. When we...
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Real Change in Romania #3: Update from CSPEI
In the third blog of the “Real Change in Romania” series, Rupert & Ani Walworth, Directors of CSPEI (Christian Association for Children’s Education and Communication), share their struggles with malnutrition and how nutritional support has impacted children in their care.
Christian Association for Children’s Education and Communication (B-238)
Question: “How has nutritional...
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Real Change in Romania #2: Update from House of...
In the second blog of the “Real Change in Romania” series, Simona Stewart, Director of House of Angels, gives an update on her orphanage and shares how nutritional support has impacted children in her care.
House of Angels (B-249)
Question: “Share what’s been happening at House of Angels”
Starting in December 2009, House of Angels opened its doors to 20 new children with severe...
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Real Change in Romania #1: Update from Livada...
Last week we shared that MannaRelief’s first container shipment was recently delivered to orphanages across Romania, ensuring an unbroken supply of nutrition when Romanian orphans needed it most, during the unforgiving, cold winter. It was the Spare Change for Real Change campaign that made this extraordinary mission successful and it wouldn’t have been possible without the generous...
February 2010
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The Boy Who Cried Like A Little Lamb
A touching story from the Director of ‘Casa Shalom’, Becky Dan Walsh, a life-giving partner in Bucharest, Romania.
Becky writes:
“It was 1998 and we heard about two little children living in a terrible situation. They were abandoned by their mother. Their only caretakers were their grandfather, who had a horrible skin disease, and a cousin. The children had no bed and...
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Spare Change in Action
In June of 2009, a team of volunteers traveled to Romania to deliver an 8-month supply of nutritional supplements to hundreds of children. It was an incredible success! However, by February 2010, when the supplements were due to run out, Romania would be in the middle of a very harsh winter. The average temperature on a Romanian winter day is -35 degrees Celsius. Without proper nutritional...
January 2010
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HAITI UPDATE: Signs of Hope
Picking up from our last update, the aftershock left survivors with an increased fear of their safety in the already shattered buildings. Aftershocks are expected to continue throughout the next few weeks, possibly even months, resulting in mass crowds of people having no choice but to leave Port-au-Prince. Crowds are traveling to open land in search of water, food, and shelter. Tent cities have...
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HAITI UPDATE: The Search Continues
Since our last update, we have continued our efforts to reach our partners and orphanages in Haiti to confirm their well-being. Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to reach any additional orphanages, but we aren’t giving up hope! We are still in daily contact with the partners and orphanages that we had originally reached. One of those orphanages had explained that their Director, who...
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Earthquake in Haiti
As many of you have heard from media outlets around the world, Haiti has experienced what they consider the most disastrous earthquake in over 200 years. With a magnitude of more than 7.0, the earthquake originated in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. The reports are still coming in but most sources agree that destruction is wide-spread and approximately 50,000 lives have been lost.
With...
November 2009
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Spare Change for Real Change Launches in Chicago
November 6th - 7th, MannaRelief hosted a booth at Mannatech’s national event in Chicago to unveil our new campaign, Spare Change for Real Change. By the end of the event, in just 2 short days, over 200 children were sponsored. These children will now receive the advanced nutrition they need to combat the devastating effects of malnutrition! Also, well over 100 people joined founder Sam...
MannaRelief Launches in Japan - Message from Linda...
Thanks to all of you who encouraged me, prayed for me, and took an interest in my trip to Japan. It was a huge success in so many ways and I was blessed to have Chad with me to experience the launching of MannaRelief Japan. The Japanese are some of the most gracious people I’ve met. They did everything to make our trip enjoyable and fruitful. We truly got to experience the Japanese...
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Welcome to the MannaRelief blog, a brand new way for you to stay informed on the difference we’re making in the lives of children around the world! Here you’ll find all the latest updates on our campaigns, inspiring stories, missions in the field, upcoming events, and special announcements from our founders. Feel free to leave your feedback in the comments section to suggest what...