From Receiving To Giving
She joined the queue for a food parcel in January. By December she was packing them — with stock from her own shop.

Placeholder story — replace with the real account.
Empowerment is not a soft word here. It means capital, stock, tools and somebody experienced checking in on the trade until it holds.
The proudest day in this foundation is not a distribution. It is the day a family tells us, kindly, that they do not need the parcel this month — please give it to someone else.
Published with the permission of the family concerned. Where a household has asked for privacy, names and identifying details have been withheld.
