Micronutrients in Soymilk for 15,000 Kids-Orissa

Micronutrients in Soymilk for 15,000 Kids-Orissa Photo Gallery


Kankudapali School, Orissa Midday meal of soymilk and bread. The children have only their lunch plate, no utensils or cups. Some children are so poor they don't even have a plate so they have to share. The one-room schools have no desks or chairs.	Antapali School, Orissa Primary school children drinking soymilk from their lunch plates. The fresh soymilk is delivered by bicycle, no refrigeration required.
Antapali, Orissa Soymilk being collected in buckets. Here we see Monorajnan letting the cooked milk out of the cooker into the press. The added steam and heat in the very small buidling make a 100 degree day even hotter.	Bosenmura School, Orissa Soymilk for the midday meal: good to the last drop. Over 50% of children in rural Orissa are malnourished. This rate of malnutrition is as bad as Malawi, which has the highest rate of malnutrition in Africa.
Filling the milk cans Special micronutrient formulation called Budhi-Shakti, formulated by The Micronutrient Initiative (NGO), is added to the milk. The workers are unskilled women who live in the small rural villages. Here we see Laxmi and Jampa.	Deworming vital Another scene at Kankudapali one-room school. Lack of protein and micronutrients can cause stunting and wasting. Deworming medicine gives the kids a fighting chance to let proper nutrition aid their physical development.