A DIFFERENT APPROACH
Each community we help has a different challenge – some are in dire need of clean water and others need renewable food sources. No matter the type or size, we work with partners to be sure that every project is driven by local leaders and utilizes local tools, talent and resources. In the end, it's not our project, it's their project. And because one size doesn’t fit all, our project-based, collaborative approach allows us to not only create unique, sustainable food and water sources for children, but it ensures that 100 percent of our proceeds are truly put to the best use – impacting these communities for years and generations to come.
OUR PROJECTS
Year over year, we work with community leaders to determine the most critical and sustainable projects - be it food or water related.
As FMFM continues deepening and widening this work within an area, children can fill their bellies and nourish their minds in school with the aim to eventually, break the cycle of poverty.
Current Projects
Feeding Mouths and Filling Minds is partnering with Project 1808 to bring the first higher education institute to the Koinadugu District of Sierra Leone - giving these young people the opportunity of a lifetime.
Feeding Mouths, Filling Minds is helping Humanity Care Liberia who is leading this project on the ground locally. They have donated a plot of land in order to grow crops. Education and interaction with the children of the schools are also a focus of this project.
completed projects
Feeding Mouths Filling Minds has established a partnership with Humanity Care Liberia we want to bridge the gap by providing quality education to children in rural communities, and eliminating poverty, hunger, and child labour through this program. “Maria Nicholas Groves School of Excellence” aims to enrich the curriculum for these children beyond the four walls of the school.
Located in Kamonyi district, in the southern part of Rwanda, St Jean Bosco Primary School has 1,350 students who are now receiving safe drinking water, which will also allow the school to save a lot on water bills, after all, rainwater is free water!
Located in Kamonyi district, in the southern part of Rwanda, St Jean Bosco Secondary School has 2,226 students who are now receiving safe drinking water, which will also allow the school to save a lot on water bills, after all, rainwater is free water!
The Rwandan Orphans Project (ROP) is a residential care center in Rwanda that houses up to 100 former street children. Feeding Mouths, Filling Minds is helping ROP to obtain more consistent access to water throughout the year by funding the construction of rainwater collection and storage systems at the center.
Feeding Mouths Filling Minds has established a partnership with Project 1808 to give donors and schools the opportunity to build water wells for schools and communities in rural Sierra Leone as part of our Kids for Kids program.
Feeding Mouths Filling Minds has established a partnership with Live Life Liberia to give donors and schools the opportunity to build water wells for schools and communities in rural Liberia as part of our Kids for Kids program.
In 2012, FMFM helped with funding supplies for gardens at Huruma Childrens Home.
FMFM established a community garden for families from Safe Babies, Healthy Families; Waukesha Community Health Center; and Good Samaritan Church.
In 2011, a team of 11 self-funded FMFM volunteers traveled to Guatemala with supplies, donations and their sleeves rolled up, ready for some VERY hard labor. The FMFM team helped build a slaughterhouse.