Plumpy'nut
Plumpy'nut is one of the mos well-known Ready-To-Use-Foods.
What are Ready-To-Use-Foods (RUFs)?
• Nutrient dense products with high energy and calorie contents.
• Proven to be indispensible tools in the fight against malnutrition.
• Used as therapeutic treatment and/or non-therapeutic prevention of severe acute malnutrition.
Sobre Você
Seção 1: Sobre Você
Nome
Michelle
Sobrenome
Szynkowicz
Website
Organization
Action Against Hunger
Country
Estados Unidos
Seção 2: Sobre a Sua Organização
Nome da Organização
Action Against Hunger
Página da organização na internet
Telefone da organização
212-967-7800
Endereço da organização
247 West 37th Street New York, New York 10018
Sua organização é
OSCIP/ONG
País da organização
Estados Unidos
Sua ideia
Dê um nome ao seu projeto
Plumpy'nut
Country your work focuses on
Quênia
Describe Your Idea
Plumpy'nut is one of the mos well-known Ready-To-Use-Foods.
What are Ready-To-Use-Foods (RUFs)?
• Nutrient dense products with high energy and calorie contents.
• Proven to be indispensible tools in the fight against malnutrition.
• Used as therapeutic treatment and/or non-therapeutic prevention of severe acute malnutrition.
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INOVAÇÃO
What makes your idea unique?
Until the development of Plumpy'nut and RUFs, it was necessary for children to be treated using F-100 milk formulas in hospitals. This was more expensive, and there was a risk of water bourne illness through the preparation of the formulas. RUFs eliminate this risk, and make it possible to distribute such products on a preventative level as well as a therapeutic level. Community-based outpatient models have become a much more cost effective and beneficial way to treat and prevent malnutrition.
Do you have a patent for this idea?
Sim
Impacto
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What impact have you had?
Due to plumpy'nut and other RUFs, it is possible to treat more children and hospitalization is not required for even some of the most severe cases.
Problem
5 million children die each year from acute malnutrition.
Actions
Action Against Hunger has programs in over 40 countries across 5 continents focusing on food security, sustainable development, nutrition and water and sanitation. Recently, Action Against Hunger implemented the distribution of RUFs on a wide-scale in northeast Kenya, in order to prevent malnutrition from escalating in a high risk region.
Results
Since it was first used in the field in 2006, 43,000 children have been saved. Those numbers continue to grow each year, from 7,000 lives in 2006 to 25,000 lives so far in 2009.
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
If RUFs could be distributed preemptively to all areas at risk for malnutrition in children under the age of 5, we could prevent and presumably end death by malnutrition. Combined with the other programs of Action Against Hunger, government support, and donations from supporters and other organizations RUFs have the power to eradicate world hunger.
What would prevent your project from being a success?
If national governments would not allow Action Against Hunger to assist citizens in their countries or if we lost a substantial amount of funding. If the price of food continues to rise that would also greatly hamper our success, seeing as RUFs are more expensive to produce than traditional food products.
How many people will your project serve annually?
> 10.000
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
Less than $50
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
Sim
SUSTENTABILIDADE
Em que estágio está seu projeto?
Em execução por mais de 5 anos
In what country?
Quênia
Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
Sim
If yes, provide organization name.
Action Against Hunger/ACF - USA
How long has this organization been operating?
Mais de 5 anos
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
Sim
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Sim
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
Sim
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?
Não
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
Without the support of these organizations, Action Against Hunger would not have the ability to provide hunger relief across the globe.
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?
1. African governments to support our initiatives.
2. 150 million people to make a one time donation of $50.00 to completely
eradicate world hunger.
3. Educating students across the country on the causes, effects, and solutions
associated with malnutrition.
A História
What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?
The realization that children suffering from severe acute malnutrition could be saved and brought back to a healthy weight in just 30 days through at home, community based treatment led us to this innovation. After struggling with the original milk-based products, which led to complications regarding distribution and water-bourne illnesses, Action Against Hunger and team of scientists realized that there had to be a more effective and efficient way to combat acute malnutrition.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
Guy Sorman is the founding board member of Action Contre la Faim, the original headquarters of ACF in Paris, France. Without his visionary ideas and hardwork none of this would have been possible.
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
Personal contact at Changemakers
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