I am running an experiment in Cebu, Philippines on the effectiveness of caring for individual people in need (through food/shelter/support), in exchange for their spending time studying/learning a trade and encouraging them to do the same with others. (versus a givedirectly type approach, which I regard very highly).
From a practical perspective, I’m struggling with figuring out what food(s) provide the best value per $. Powdered milk seems to be a solid option. Long shelf-life, easy to transport/distribute, easy to procure and I thought fairly healthy.
It’s not enough for a healthy diet.
I’m buying nestle milk online (shoppee), got to be better options.
This HAS to be a problem that’s been studied and “solved”. I’d rather not reinvent the wheel. I’m still fairly new at EA, so hoping -someone- here has an org that does this in the Philippines, or a post or -something- to recommend.
Rather overwhelmed as it is by the day-to-day operations and dealing with need (both physical and emotional) on a constant basis, so unable to fully research the topic. A bit more gritty than the usual EA post, but I was hoping we could do practical as well :)
Any help appreciated, and if anyone is doing work in Cebu I’d love to connect.
Practical EA. Powdered milk for the hungry? (Cebu, Philippines)
I am running an experiment in Cebu, Philippines on the effectiveness of caring for individual people in need (through food/shelter/support), in exchange for their spending time studying/learning a trade and encouraging them to do the same with others. (versus a givedirectly type approach, which I regard very highly).
From a practical perspective, I’m struggling with figuring out what food(s) provide the best value per $. Powdered milk seems to be a solid option. Long shelf-life, easy to transport/distribute, easy to procure and I thought fairly healthy.
It’s not enough for a healthy diet.
I’m buying nestle milk online (shoppee), got to be better options.
This HAS to be a problem that’s been studied and “solved”. I’d rather not reinvent the wheel. I’m still fairly new at EA, so hoping -someone- here has an org that does this in the Philippines, or a post or -something- to recommend.
Rather overwhelmed as it is by the day-to-day operations and dealing with need (both physical and emotional) on a constant basis, so unable to fully research the topic.
A bit more gritty than the usual EA post, but I was hoping we could do practical as well :)
Any help appreciated, and if anyone is doing work in Cebu I’d love to connect.
Cheers!