Drawings by Children

Drawings by children after World War I tell in pictures the story of the AFSC feeding program in Europe. Approximately one million children per day benefited from this effort. See how this situation looked from their point of view!

Above:
Through the lips / Under the tongue / Down the palate / Around the lung - Cheer up, Tummy / Here I come! / Cocoa and rolls / Yum, Yum !.

Above:
This drawing by 13-year old R. Klink, then in Quarta (the third year of secondary school) is labeled Milk Donation and also shows "qvaker" buns being served. The artist doesn't hesitate to depict symbolically the wealth of America. The original poem reads:

In this vat here you behold
Good milk from a mammal bold
Each child receives two cups a day
And daily puts on weight that way.

Researched and written by Jack Sutters, AFSC Archivist

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Spanish Civil War children's drawings.

More information on the German feeding program is available in Quakers launch post-war feeding program at Herbert Hoover's request.

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