"Medika Mamba" is an energy dense peanut butter, significantly fortified with protein and nutritional supplements. The name Medika Mamba means “peanut butter medicine” in Creole. It is produced by an organization called Meds & Food For Kids (www.medsanfoodforkids.org.)
This product is culturally accepted, very effective, and truly amazing. The Medika Mamba is also locally produced, which helps Haiti even more by providing many jobs in production and bolsters the economy and encourages agricultural development.
You can watch a YouTube video on Medika Mamba here.
Who is it for?
Initially Medika Mamba will be provided for malnourished children at the rescue center in the village of Cazale through the efforts of World Wide Village and Troy & Tara Livesay, missionaries to Haiti. Already the rescue center has seen several children "graduate" from the Medika Mamba program and the results are wonderful and unbelievable!
Licia wrote about one of their recent graduates today. You can read her story here.
How can you help?
Tara Livesay will be running the Twin Cities Marathan on October 4th to raise money through sponsorships for this program. They hope to expand the capacity and number of locations very soon. There are two other clinics currently being considered for Medika Mamba locations as soon as funds are available.
You can read about Tara's marathon and sponsorship opportunities here.
This blog was created to chronicle our family's journey to adopt our fourth child, a little boy from Haiti. Long before knowing him, we chose his name: Ian, meaning "God is gracious." Along the way our journey grew to include not only one, but two little boys from Haiti!
Ian and Alec finally arrived home on January 19, 2010.
Adoption Timeline (From Most Recent)
1/27/10 - Home to Chile
1/22/10 - Passports (US)
1/19/10 - Evacuated to US
1/12/10 - Haiti Earthquake
1/8/10 - INS Approval - visa appt scheduled for 2/19
11/23/09 - Enter INS/USCIS
11/18/09 - Passports (Haiti)
11/09 - Exit MOI
9/22/09 - (or so) Enter MOI
9/09 - Exit 2nd Legal
8/09 - Enter 2nd Legal
8/28/09 - Exit Parquet
8/8/09 - Enter Parquet
8/7/09 - Exit IBESR
3/4/09 - USCIS Birthparent Interview (Ian)
10/16/08 - USCIS Birthparent Interview (Alec)
9/24/08 - Submitted I-600 & Orphan First in Haiti
7/1/08 - (or so) Entered IBESR
6/4/08 - I-171H approval
5/25/08 - (or so) Entered first legal
5/13/08 - Dossier received in Haiti
4/11/08 - Committed to our boys (Ian & Alec)
4/1/08 - Filed I-600A
2/14/08 - Received referral of twins (referral lost early April)
1/11/08 - Applied to Haiti agency, began dossier preparation
1/10/08 - First conversation with Shiloh's Haiti Adoption Coordinator
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