A First Steps Video
A First Steps Video
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First Steps helps prevent childhood malnutrition in North Korea.
A First Steps Video
https://vimeo.com/42004045
As we are getting ready to head back to North Korea in another week, we welcome donations of baby formula and hand-knit goods for children in North Korea.
We are very thankful for donations from Helga Schoeber who dropped off her hand-knit toques and socks. As well, Ida and Jeane from Amy Circle, and Marie and [...]
First Steps is preparing to send another team back to North Korea this March. The team will be observing the arrival and distribution of soybeans, micro-nutrient Sprinkles, canned tuna, canned mandarin oranges, school supplies and hand-knit goods.
We are very excited to see the children and how they are doing.
Thanks to so many of our volunteers, we were able to send a container filled with canned tuna, canned oranges, apple chips and dried soup mix along with school supplies and hand-knitted scarves, hats and mitts to North Korea. There is very little or no heat at all in most buildings to combat the cold [...]
Another shipment of Sprinkles (1.5 million) just arrived in North Korea.
Sprinkles come in the form of a little sachet (a cost of 5 cents) which are sprinkled on food for pregnant mothers and babies. They contain essential vitamins and nutrients which the body needs. Sprinkles prevent malnutrition starting in the mother’s womb and [...]
Last week another 40 tonnes of soybeans arrived in North Korea and have been distributed to children in Nampo and Hyongjesan. One tonne of soybeans feeds 100 children a daily cup of nutritious soymilk for one year. Currently, one tonne of soybeans, including shipping, has a cost of $850.
We want to thank all our donors [...]
First Steps would like to say ‘Thank you’ to Chloe Yoojin Lee for her hard work, positive attitude and her faithful commitment for the past 15 months. Chloe was a big help and will be missed. We wish her all the best in her future endeavors.
(Chloe is second from the left)
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