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First Steps

Organization Description: 

First Steps purchases specially-developed VitaCow and VitaGoat machines, large pressure-cookers that can process soybeans into soymilk. Each machine can produce enough soymilk daily for up to 2,000 kids. Currently, we have 17 VitaCows and 10 VitaGoats in operation at various sites, providing a daily cup of soymilk for over 60,000 children in orphanages, daycares and kindergartens.

n 2007, First Steps initiated distribution of the acclaimed micro-nutrient Sprinkles to 72,000 receipients, including 35,000 infants and toddlers, as well as to 37,000 pregnant and nursing women in co-operation with North Korea's Institute of Child Nutrition

Phone: 
604-732-0195
Organizational Email: 
info@firststepscanada.org
Fax: 
604-732-0195
Location: 
3260 West 5th
Vancouver, BC V6K 1V4
Canada
Map: 
Mission Statement: 

First Steps Canada is a Christian humanitarian organization whose purpose is to prevent childhood malnutrition in the DPRK (North Korea) through programs which provide essential nutrients to young children.

Organizational Statement of Faith: 

First Steps is a Christ-centred organization that believes in the authority of the Bible and the supremacy of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. First Steps is dedicated to demonstrating God ‚’s love to needy children in North Korea.

Are more than one-third of the participants in your organization/programs low income (below 150% of the poverty level)?: 
Yes
Primary Types of Volunteer Opportunities: 
Local Volunteering
International Volunteers: 
Assists with getting travel visa
Denominational Affiliation: 
Evangelical
State/Province: 
British Columbia
Region: 
Northern America
Country: 
Canada
Program Types: 
Food Program
Volunteer Information: 
Great for Christians
Organization Membership Type: 
Parachurch