Maize flour becomes a savior to low-income earners as food insecurity piles pressure, and to get it, one must have worked for it. In Nakagga, a local community, I found women doing men’s work. They were weaving baskets out of papyrus leaves, making brooms to have a kilogram of maize flour.
“We grew up eating posho {mazie flour}, adopted as the stable food. We had stopped but returned to it. It is laborious to have it nowadays but nothing to do now. So it is better to endure the pain, and we survive,” said the elder. After selling their products, no money left for other needs. All goes to food direct. They go again.
Thousands of God’s people are experiencing the same condition; after sharing my story with them that my childhood had the same consequences as theirs, I gave them hope that even the poorest person or family, through Jesus can triumph.
JFM shares the good news of Jesus for desperate people; as far as JFM is concerned, Jesus is a lifter and the comforter of men. The message is hope and love. Despite being or growing up in underprivileged families, God intends to do you well. The news made more meaning today than food because the food will be no more, but the word of God will remain in their hearts.
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