Operation Food for Life (OFFL) is making good progress in its plans to help more children in desperate need.

The organization’s latest initiative is to increase the capacity of its Born Free Sanctuary in Papua New Guinea.

The not-for-profit charity group is aiming to build a new dormitory for boys and young men along with a new commercial kitchen. OFFL currently cares for 400 children, 30 of whom live in the Sanctuary. These new facilities would allow the Sanctuary to care for more children and young people, and feed 1000 people per week.

According to Dr. Branimir Schubert, the new OFFL president, generous donors have contributed significantly towards this initiative, with almost all the funds received to build the dormitory and new kitchen.

OFFL also runs a school in Kovri, north of Port Moresby, which the organisation raised funds for and built, and serves the sick and imprisoned in Papua New Guinea hospitals and prisons.

“It has become evident to our management team that there is so much more that needs to be done,” Dr. Schubert said.

Founded by Dennis Perry and David Woolley, OFFL has been providing food, clothing, education, healthcare, and support to underprivileged communities in Papua New Guinea for over 25 years.

OFFL is an independent ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The original article was published on the Southern Asia-Pacific Division's news site, Adventist Record.