Rice, Rice, Rice

Dinner served at the All Hands Base in Kananga.
© 2014 Andrea Rip

Part of All Hands' commitment to volunteers is that the organization will provide a place to stay, transportation to and from the job sites, and meals. Food was prepared for vegetarians along with meat eaters. I opted for the meat eating diet, but sometimes the veggies looked pretty amazing!
Breakfast was provided, but each volunteer has to prepare their own meal. I usually opted for oatmeal with some brown sugar and dry milk powder along with a cup of coffee (I invested in my own Kopachino packages from the Richardson's Supermarket that came with a special pack of coffee sprinkles for the frothy top). Sometimes, if I had been to Kananga Town the day before, I had a mango as well. One egg and two pieces of bread were also allowed - though I could never be bothered to make eggs or toast my bread!
Lunch was served at 12:00pm. Most of us within a ~20 minute ride of base would come back for lunch during the day. We had a couple of projects that were far enough away that we would stay on site and purchase our own meal for the group. Dinner was out by 4:30-5pm. On base, we would have rice for lunch and dinner along with either chicken, pork, or occasionally some beef (or caribou | water buffalo).
After eating truly 'free range' chicken in the Philippines, I am convinced that chickens in North America are either genetically modified to be large, on a weightlifting regimen, or are simply obese. The American chicken's drumsticks are about three times the size of a Filipino chicken's leg. Then again, Americans are quite a bit taller and larger than the average Filipino person as well.
Regardless of chicken sizes, I will be happy to trade in rice for nearly any other food for awhile.