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Empowering local women's group - AK1000 Nutrition

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Summary

Using locally grown grains to produce a fortified, nutritional food product for HIV patients on Antiretroviral Therapy.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $150 was raised for this project.

Received $150 from 2 donations from people like:

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

With a $100 donation, we will buy 2 sacks of beans and 4 sacks of corn from local farmers working 1/2 acre of land in Thomonde. The grains will be processed and produce 660 lbs of AK-1000 or 2640 servings.

Activities

Local human resources, farmers and merchant women will package and promote the product as well as supply the grains used in the preparation of the AK1000. Patient support groups and health committees will participate in product demonstrations.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $150

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $150. The original project funding goal was $10,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

New jobs will be created in Thomonde. The product will also be sold at low cost, as a micro enterprise, to an active woman in a family that has been affected by HIV. Through this, the woman will generate income that will help her support the family

Project Message

We need to do something for all the malnourished patients who come to the clinic everyday. I give them a prescription but they need food and a hand so they can help themselves out of their poverty.
- Hughes Jerome, MD, MHA, Medical Director for the Commune of Thomonde

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Ellen Powers, MPH,
Executive Director
Project Medishare for Haiti, Inc. (aka Medishare)
8260 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33138
United States
(305) 757-9555
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