Overflowing Hands Belarussian Outreach

Leadership training, camps and local program support - Overflowing Hands supports various local programs and ministries around the globe to help children reach their highest potential. In 2022, local small groups and connection groups were funded so that children could gather weekly for leadership training, youth development, youth group activities and receive snacks and meals. Camps were funded for kids and teenagers to help them get connected and gain confidence. Overflowing Hands partners with kids around the world to fund playgrounds in nicaragua so that kids have a safe place to play and parents can join in community at their local hope center. Programs are supported in the u.s., bahamas, belarus, madrid spain and latin america.

Feeding hungry kids - us - in response to covid-19, Overflowing Hands partnered with rocky top catering to help feed kids in wake county, nc., feeding more than 2,000 families while local schools were closed. Over 50 neighborhoods were served fresh produce and nutrious meals for 18 months. In 2022, Overflowing Hands continues to delivery fresh produce and dairy products to kids and families living in local communities that struggle with food insecurity. More than 75 volunteers distribute food monthly to approximately 300 families as well as holiday meals at thanksgiving and christmas. This program is responding to children and families needing access to healthy food on a monthly basis.

Nicaragua feeding program - Overflowing Hands continued supporting the empowered dreamers feeding program in nicaragua in 2022. Due to the political and economic uncertainty in nicaragua, many families still face unemployment food insecurity in poor communities. The local empowered dreamers project team continues to distribute food to the 18 hope centers built in previous years. Local volunteers are packing and delivering food, cooking and serving in their local hope center. In 2022, more than 26,000 meals were served each month to children in the community. More than 60 local volunteers participated in the program. Expenses included the purchase of food for meal preparation, fresh vegetables and fruit, transportation and delivery.

Providing healthy meals to help fight food insecurity - Overflowing Hands partners with kids around the world by providing funding for healthy meals to be distributed in hope center communities in nicaragua. "hope centers" are buildings that are transforming communities and the children they serve. A hope center can be used as a community center, a feeding center, a youth center for after-school activiites, a foster home and a church. Kids living in third-world countries go the hope centers to be safe, to play, to study and learn, be encouraged and receive hot meals. A total of (18) hope centers have been funded in the managua, nicaragua area. In 2022, more than 400 volunteers gathered in raleigh, nc to pack 120,000 meals in 24 hours. The packages are onemeal, formulated by kids around the world to deliver sustaining nutrition to impoverished children where food insecuirty is a daily reality. Overflowing Hands funded the cost of the meals and then the packages were shipped to nicaragua from the u.s. The empowered dreamers team distributes the meal packages each month. Kids are coming to their local hope center to learn, eat and play which improves the children's chance of success in school and daily life. These meals will serve more than 5,000 children. Supporting children in the u.s. - Overflowing Hands provides resources to non-profit organizations supporting poor and impoverished children. Programs are funded that provide basic daily needs to children, including food, clothing, health and medical services, protection from abuse and neglect, access to organized sports, training, youth development and activities that promote healthy lifestyles and mental wellness. In 2022, a grant supports college students, children of north carolina service personnel. Boy scouts of america also received a grant to support kids in underserved communities and give them a chance to participate in scouts. A mission team traveled to linefork ky to support the sonshine children's center to work on projects at this home for handicap and foster children. Many Overflowing Hands' donors and supporters volunteer at these local organizations.