What is NutriNiños?
A 2016 trip to Cuba radically changed Vice President Josie Pensinger's life and subsequently the lives of many children and their families in Cuba. Several years prior to that trip, Josie would always say, "Once the travel ban on Americans going to Cuba is lifted, I'm going." Her discoveries there in the island nation, ruled under the heavy hand of the Communist regime, inspired her to create a new program, one especially for Cuba, and she called it NutriNiños.
The program consists of a nutritious breakfast for children living with continual food shortages and rationings, a lively Bible chapel time, and two hours of class tutoring led by certificed, professional teachers. It has revolutionized the grade performance of the children enrolled and has brought many children to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
But there's more! Not only are children coming to know Christ and growing in that relationship, but entire families are being transformed and brought into local assemblies as vibrant new believers and active members.
NutriNiños ministers to the whole child. It provides meals, an uplifting devotional time, and class tutoring in core subjects to over three hundred of poverty-stricken children living in Havana, Cuba and Buenos Aires, Argentina each week.
Your donation of just $99 a year (
$129) enables a child to receive the help he or she needs to thrive - even in the most difficult of circumstances.
Three Benefits of NutriNiños
basic nutrition
Children living in Cuba depend on the government for their nutrition. Monthly rations of only $12 a month means shortages of basic necessities such as milk, bread, and rice. NutriNiños supplies a nutritious breakfast that keeps children going throughout the entire day.
LIFE GIVING MESSAGE
What follows the feeding time is Bible instruction, prayer, and praise & worship. Children receive Christ, learn to walk in His ways and bring family and friends into a new relationship with the Savior.
ACADEMIC REINFORCEMENT
Then comes two hours of academics, taught by certified and accredited teachers who reinforce the lessons children learn throughout the week in school. This helps develop strong minds and academic high achievers.
who is Josie Pensinger?
Josie grew up in southern California in a large family of Mexican descent. Not long after accepting Christ at age 17, she was thrust into full time ministry as a pastor’s wife. She has effectively ministered and lived in four states and five countries, including the Dominican Republic. Today, she is the founding vice president of Dominican Advance and oversees all of its operations. Her most recent accomplishment is bringing NutriNiños to needy children and families in Cuba and Argentina.
