During the eight days the team of 5 will be in the village of Kalalayi and they will need to eat. The team from 2010 had to hire a cook from Juba and buy a truckload of groceries for the 14 person team as well as feed the cook and half a dozen helpers! That team had an advantage of staying in a village with many more resources but this time we will be in the much smaller, remote village of Kalalayi. You always take a risk when you eat the local foods, especially when they are prepared by the local people. Our bodies are not used the the bacterias and lack the natural enzymes to digest the food. It is so important that we reduce any possibility of illness while in Africa. As careful as we are, we will still have to eat some local foods from time to time but we will do everything we can to ensure our safety. You pray for your meals in a whole new way when you’re a guest in South Sudan!
For this trip, we will bring our own food in the form of a MRE or Meal Ready Eat. These are the same meals the military uses for its troops when in the field. They have a 10 year shelf life, 2000 calories per day and taste…rather good! Seriously they do! Our team sampled some a week ago so we would know how to prepare them and how to use the water activated chemical food heater bags. Just add water and your food is boiling hot on five minutes. This will ease the resource load on the people in Kalalayi that we are trying to help and will ensure a safer health environment for the team.
BON APPETIT!
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