Drummers beat support for NAPS
A cadence of drums could be heard all over the Canal Heights district of Demopolis Sunday afternoon. The drummers led a small group of students and adult volunteers with the National Association for the Prevention of Starvation (NAPS) who were asking for donations for their ministry.
NAPS, a non-profit group formed in 1978, works around the world to help those in need, not just with food, but all aspects of poverty and disaster, said Darla Price, director of operations.
In Alabama the group has started the NAPS Abundant Life Academy (NALA), a boarding school for pre-K through 8th grade, and the Abundant Life Wellness Institute, both located in Sawyerville.
It also sponsors GEMMS, the Global Evangelism and Medical Missionary School, with the goal of creating missionaries who are knowledgeable in evangelistic studies, practical leadership, anatomy, physiology, natural remedies, basic medical principles and more, according to the NAPS website.
Price said the group now is looking to build a cancer prevention and treatment center in Hale County.