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The Moringa Tree Project
MORINGA – “The Miracle Tree”
We
need your help. As we strive daily to find better ways to feed the
hungry, the nutritional benefits of the moringa tree offer great hope.
Your financial contribution to Medical Benevolence Foundation
can help us to provide these "miracle trees" around the world.
The moringa tree is native to northwestern India. Moringa is a hearty
plant that grows quickly. It is also widely grown in other parts of the
tropics, including tropical Asia, many regions of Africa, Indonesia,
Haiti and South and Central America moringa may also have potential as
an annual vegetable in the North (trees started in a greenhouse grew to
8 feet in Wisconsin).
Moringa leaves are full of essential disease-preventing nutrients:
-Vitamin A,
which acts as a shield against eye disease, skin disease, heart
ailments, diarrhea, and many other diseases.
-Vitamin C, fighting a host of illnesses including
colds and flu.
-Calcium, which builds strong bones and teeth, and
helps prevent osteoporosis.
-Potassium, essential for the functioning of the brain
and nerves.
-Proteins, the basic building blocks of all our body
cells.
This
group of children who participated in the VBS program at Gheens
Presbyterian Church planted Moringa seeds and learned about the medical
and hunger needs of people overseas.
We praise this group of children for raising funds to be used where most
needed at MBF supported hospitals and clinics.
THANKS to all of you who featured the Moringa projects at your VBS
schools this year. You have all been such a blessing to people in need.
Please remember that the Moringa Tree Project is
only one example of the many important projects
designed to help feed the starving people of the world. If you would
like to support efforts such as these, you can designate your gifts
toward "Nutritional Rehabilitation".
Moringa Leaves
Compared to Common Foods
Values per 100gm. edible portion

| Nutrient |
Moringa Leaves |
Other Fruit |
| Vitamin A |
6780 mcg |
Carrots: 1890 mcg |
| Vitamin C |
220 mg |
Oranges: 30 mg |
| Calcium |
440 mg |
Cow's milk: 120 mg |
| Potassium |
259 mg |
Bananas: 88mg |
| Protein |
6.7 gm |
Cow's milk: 3.2 gm |
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Moringa
"Miracle" Tree
Your donation today can help to feed the starving
people in our world. Medical mission workers are distributing seeds of
the Moringa tree to families in Africa so that they can grow their own
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