Jackeline carefully rations out small portions of rice and beans for her family at the beginning of each month. The wife of a carpenter and mother of two from El Salvador tries to stretch the portions as far as she can, hoping to provide her family at least one meal a day.

“Convoy of Hope’s feeding program saved my family,” she says. “They are not only helping feed my children at school but as a mother, I am receiving help to feed my family at home as well.”

Jackeline and her family are part of Convoy of Hope’s take home feeding program that supplements efforts to feed children at school. More than 5,000 food packets of rice and beans are sent home to families every month in El Salvador.

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“Our home feeding program is an important part of our efforts to feed the impoverished,” says Kevin Rose, director of children’s feeding initiatives for Convoy of Hope. “Through our children’s feeding initiatives, we’re able to establish contact with that child at school and extend our feeding efforts to his or her family. It improves the life of the child at school and at home.”

Rose says the program is in place in six countries and is expected to launch in the Philippines this year.