Concern Worldwide, Irish food company Kerry Group and the International Food Policy Research Institute have launched a pioneering initiative to improve malnutrition in young children in developing countries.
Innovative partnership
This initiative is part of our
five-year RAIN (Realigning Agriculture to Improve Nutrition) project. Kerry
Group is generously contributing €1.25 million of the overall €3.7 million
project budget.
RAIN
project
The
aim of this programme is to improve nutrition in the critical time between
pregnancy and two years of age. It focuses on the sustainable prevention of
malnutrition in children under two – the crucial 1,000 days period when proper
nutrition is so crucial for physical and cognitive development. Zambia was
chosen as the location because approximately 45% of its pre-school children are
stunted as a result of malnutrition.
Nowadays the problem of malnutrition in developing countries is a big deal. Despite remarkable progress in food production globally, about half of the population in developing countries do not have access to adequate food availability... It is not acceptable for the humanity.
ReplyDeleteThis kind of project have to be noticed, it is a relevant cause.
But we can ask the following question 'Is Kerry Group participate to the project for his value or for his reputation?'
We can see that Kerry Group gave 1.25M for the project. Sure for ordinary people it seems a enormous donation but for a company as Kerry Group it is really not a lot. Of course we hope it is for the value but then the firm could give a bit more for this new project.