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Successful Kenya-born ‘hidden hunger’ initiative expands to South Africa

Delighted to be featured in The Star, one of the largest news publications in Kenya for our work with Bayer to close the nutrient gap in Kenya and South Africa.

👩🏽‍🏫 We train Community Health Volunteers (CHV) in rural communities to use the reach52 app and MUAC tape to log health data and assess nutritional status

🗣 A resident of Nyangoro village, Rangwe, summed up this process: “The CHV was knowledgeable on what he was doing. After the screening, he gave us advice on maintaining a balanced diet, types of locally available food that we should eat to avoid malnutrition, as well as the possible complications and diseases that may result from malnutrition."

Read more about how we are creating long-term scalable impact in these communities.