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Every year, the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) does a humanitarian aid mission they call “Resolute Sentinel.” This year, the mission will take place in Peru. SOUTHCOM will work alongside the local government, assisting several different communities with medical, emergency, and educational resources.
When supplies are requested, we get the opportunity to work with SOUTHCOM in providing needed resources for these communities. We have partnered with SOUTHCOM since 2013, serving Panama, Belize, the Dominican Republic, Columbia, Guatemala, Guyana, and now Peru.
This year, they asked us to provide school supplies as well as soccer balls. You may remember our push for school supplies for Student Kits towards the end of last year during our Kits for Kids Campaign. This was to increase our supply of Student Kits so we could send 5,600 Student Kits to be pre-staged with Food For The Poor, and 4,260 Student Kits that will be given to students in 68 schools in Caballococha, Peru.
Many students in countries around Latin America and the Caribbean will be blessed by the Kits you helped us provide. In February, the 5,600 Kits were sent to Food For The Poor to be pre-staged.
This week, the 4,260 Student Kits set aside for Peru were shipped from the building! On Monday, March 18, we drove the requested Kits and soccer balls down to Scott Air Force Base outside of St. Louis, Missouri. The supplies will be flown to Caballococha, Peru the first week of April!
We are very thankful for everyone who donated supplies, Kits, and funds towards our Kits for Kids campaign. We couldn’t have supplied these Kits without you!
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