DALLAS—North Koreans suffering from a food shortage in their nation have received $30,000 worth of food and grain provided by Texas Baptist Men and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
Yoo Yoon of Dallas, the CBF Korean initiative consultant, traveled to North Korea to deliver the relief shipment.
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More than 40 tons of food donated by Texas Baptist Men and the Co-operative Baptist Fellowship have been delivered to North Korea this fall. (PHOTO/CBF)
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TBM and CBF each gave $15,000 to the hunger-relief effort that purchased 36 tons of flour and 4.2 tons of corn noodles.
While in North Korea, Yoon visited a corn noodle factory, where half the corn used to make noodles was rotten. A bad crop season only amplifies the food shortage, leaving many pleading for more corn and flour to be sent to desperate areas, he noted.
CBF has contributed toward numerous hunger-relief projects in North Korea, including purchasing dried food for an estimated 500,000 people and providing 20 tons of vinyl sheeting to create greenhouses for vegetables.
TBM’s ongoing involvement in hunger relief, humanitarian aid and development projects in North Korea dates back to 1996.
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