This year, TFS Worldwide worked in partnership with our home church, Mount Ararat, tocoordinate the effort of filling a 40 foot sea container full of greatly-needed supplies for Harvesters Orphanages in South Sudan. Items were donated by12 churches, 6 NGOs, 4 businesses, 2 schools, and dozens of individuals from around the country.
Project Stats
We sent: 152 boxes of clothing
203 boxes of detergent and cleaning supplies
113 boxes of tools/building equipment
500 yards of fabric for school uniforms
120 cases of food
54 cases of baby formula
48 boxes of baby supplies
40 boxes of books
39 boxes of household goods
76 cases of hygiene items
44 boxes of kitchen supplies
39 cases of school supplies
94 boxes of linens
30 boxes of toys
52 cases of vitamins
1 ATV
101 other items
Total 1195 boxes of much-needed goods! If you count everything up, there are 42,240 donated items being sent to the children and staff of the two Harvesters Orphanages in the world’s newest nation of South Sudan.
Container Project FAQ
To date we have reached 100% of our total amount of goods needed to fulfill the Wish List.
How will the container get to Sudan? The sea container will be loaded here in Stafford, Virginia, then will travel by truck to Virginia Beach where it will be loaded onto a ship bound for Africa. It will travel to the port at Mombassa, Kenya, then will be trucked over land to the Harvesters compound in Yei. Goods for the second orphanage in Terekeka will be loaded onto a smaller truck and sent to their final destination. All goods must be received no later than July 10 for inventory and packing. About Harvesters:
Countless orphaned children live in Southern Sudan, one of Africa's harshest places. Harvesters Reaching the Nations (HRTN) is a nonprofit, nondenominational, faith-based organization committed to educating and caring for the orphans of Sudan.
In 1999, Wisconsin natives Dennis and Lillian Klepp heard a speaker talk about the plight of orphans and widows in Sudan. For more than 20 years, Sudan was entangled in a vicious civil war that left more than 2 million people dead and 6 million homeless. The fighting, hunger, and disease left thousands of women and orphans with no place to go.
Stirred by this message, they began to ask, "What can I do?" In answer to that question the Klepps sold all of their belongings and moved to Sudan in 2001 to begin their journey of giving to the poor with their lives.
What began with the clearing of land and the making of bricks by hand, quickly became the first Harvesters Orphanage outside the city of Yei, South Sudan, a home and haven for orphans in the region.In 2010, at the request of the Sudanese government, Harvesters opened a second location in Terekeka, several hours away from the original compound.
Today, Harvesters houses, feeds, and cares for over 180 orphans in two locations, and Harvesters schools provides education to more than 500 students from surrounding villages. In June of 2011, a brand new medical clinic will open on the Yei compound. Supplies from the sea container project will make it possible for Harvesters to continue to operate among one of the neediest populations on the planet.
This year, TFS Worldwide worked in partnership with our home church, 
