Supporting local production - AK1000 Nutrition

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Summary

We will purchase grains from local farmers to provide nutritional food for 88 HIV patients on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and help the local economy.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $59 was raised for this project.

Received $59 from 2 donations from people like:

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

With a $100 donation, we will buy 2 sacs of beans and 4 sacs of corn from local farmers in 1 harvest, working 1/2 acre of land in Thomonde. The grains produce 660 lbs of AK-1000 or 2640 servings. This will provide a fortified meal to 88 patients for an entire month.

Activities

The farmers will be encouraged to grow their crops twice a year. 75% of the product will be distributed to patients on ART in 4 clinics in the area. 25% will be sold at low cost to an active woman in a family affected by HIV as a micro enterprise.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $59

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 $59.  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

Local farmers will have a ready market for their products. AK-1000 will fill nutritional deficits of HIV patients by providing access to fortified, nutritious food. Their families will be supported through the income generated by the enterprise.

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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Project Sponsor

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Organization

Project Medishare for Haiti, Inc.
8260 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33138
United States
(305) 757-9555
http://www.projectmedishare.org

Learn more about Project Medishare for Haiti, Inc. and the project team.


Project Medishare for Haiti, Inc.'s Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Empowering local women's group - AK1000 Nutrition
Empowering local women's group - AK1000 Nutrition

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Haiti and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Haiti, read the Human Development Report on Haiti or the Wikipedia entry for Haiti.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 01, 2005.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 17, 2005.

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