I’m currently in Nepal with a group from Medicine Mondiale.
One of the places we’ve visited is the factory they are currently building, where they will produce an infant protein formula.
This is a crazy part of the world, so there are some interesting stories I will talk more about here once I’m back to a more reliable internet connection.
In the meantime, here is a short video they have put together as part of their entry in Google’s Project 10100…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHTmUcTzZFI
From the voice over…
“Every year, more than five million infants die of protein energy malnutrition, because their bodies don’t have the energy to digest essential protein-rich food.
ProteinForte is a revolutionary pre-digested high energy chicken protein formula.
Made from unwanted by-products from the developed world, it costs only 20 cents and fits in a sachet.
And it could reduce global infant deaths by up to 75%.
The world can’t march forward with an empty stomach.”
Some very simple things you can do to be part of this:
- Watch the video
- Add your comments of support on YouTube
- Vote for this project (okay, this only applies if you’re a Google employee at the moment – the rest of us: if you know somebody who works at Google, tell them to vote for this project)
- Send the link to your friends
- Blog about it
Easy!
I’m sure all of your help will be much appreciated.
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