The 2011 rainy season is the worst any living person in the northern Kayes region of Mali can remember: only two days of rain. Typically, a family can harvest enough to see them through until the following harvest season, but not much beyond. This year, with no harvest, families are already coming to the bottom of their grain stocks. Migrant workers can send money for their families to buy food, but about one-third of the families in Xusaane village do not have anyone to help them. The local believers and the village association have put together a committee to identify these most needy families and calculate what each will need until the harvest of 2012-13. They are formulating a plan for the bulk purchase, transportation and distribution of grain. Pray that they will be able to raise sufficient money to provide for each family.