world vision

i have met with vision mundial here a few times and i have gone to 9 very poor schools here (there are so many more though). when asked what the greatest need was the teachers have said food, the children are hungry and there is no food. i know you can buy a goat or chickens for villages for world vision. i thought that might work for the villages i have gone to but the doctor at the ministry of health said that the animals would be stolen. everyone is so poor and hungry. how do you make it work when people buy animals for a village for world vision? who do you give the animals to, who takes care of them, who feeds them when there is no food, etc.? in addition the children need shoes, uniforms, clothes, school supplies. the ministry of health is starting a program in these 10 schools to promote good dental care, good health, good nutrition by providing cereal and milk but they need sponsors willing to donate the necessary supplies. most of these villages don't have electricity or potable water.

yesterday i sent email requests to colgate-palmolive for toothbrushes, paste and soap, kelloggs for cereal, dos pinos in costa rica for milk. i don't know that they will even respond to my email never mind actually supply some of the needed items. can you tell me if there are other companies that donate foodstuffs for hungry children, or shoes, or clothes, or school supplies.

the doctor here said children don't have underwear and when i took a little boy shopping for clothes so he could go to school he asked if i would buy him underwear. (i can't imagine what the girls do when they reach puberty here)

i'd really appreciate any help you can give me on how to provide a sustainable food source for the kids in these impoverished villages.