#plumpynut

[jomiddlemarch]

Children Can't Wait

Children Can’t Wait. 297,000 children’s lives are at risk, will you help Edesia Nutrition save lives? Our Goal. Raise $3.5 million in the ne

[voncrobead]

#Repost from @de_la_kels with @regram.app ... l happened upon the @thisbar IG account today and I was so disappointed in the glaring theme present throughout their social media accounts, website and marketing in general • Just this photo and caption alone — what does it say? What is it communicating? That if it were not for these *nice* white people buying fancy granola bars at Starbucks (or wherever else you can buy them) this child wouldn’t have a quality of life? YIKES • See, here’s the thing — malnutrition is absolutely an issue here in America but at much higher rates in over-exploited countries such as Uganda, Guatemala or Haiti (for example). However, it is not a problem that is so *easily* solved with something like #PlumpyNut or handouts of food — those are TEMPORARY solutions and are hardly sustainable • Many people will roll their eyes and call me cynical. I often hear the retort, “well would you rather them do nothing at all?!” And I HEAR YOU. • We want a quick fix, an easy solution AND we want to feel good about ourselves while doing it — that’s why companies like this and @toms exist • We get to pretend we are doing something without having to do anything - IT’S AWESOME! ... only, it’s really not... I’ve done quite a bit of research on the ethics behind 1-for-1 models like this and I come up with the same concerns every time (Im happy to expand on these if you’re interested) • We need to challenge companies and organizations like this to do better — because what is more important than honoring the inherent dignity and worth of the people we claim to care so much about “saving”? • #thisbarsaveslives #thisbar #whitesaviorcomplex #whitesupremacy

[microbeautyessentials-blog]

Micro Beauty supports @edesianutrition in their fight against world hunger. 6M children in 50 countries have received packets of a peanut paste called Plumpy'Nut, for treatment of severe malnutrition. Join us in donating to the purchase of this life-saving peanut paste 🥜🥜🥜 #plumpynut #fightworldhunger #rutf #readytouse

[insearchofglitter]

This bar is amazing! Best snack EVER and it is healthy. Even better every time you buy one they deliver life saving nutrient packets to starving people! So your snack is Saving Lives! #everdaymagic #insearchofglitter #causebox #thisbarsaveslives #plumpynut (at Lincoln City, Oregon)

[ngolifestyle-blog]

When I prepare myself to meet the UN because of a delay in Plumpy Nut delivery

[thisbarsaves]

Our biggest moment

This is the biggest moment since we launched This Bar Saves Lives, because this is the day we get to live up to our name. You bought our bars, you told your friends to buy bars, you joined our movement, and now 45,000 packets of Plumpy'Nut are being distributed to children in the Philippines because of your amazing support.

To do the math, 45,000 Plumpy'Nut is enough to help save the lives of 300 children suffering from malnutrition in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan that ravaged the Philippines last month. 300. To put it in perspective, that's more than the number of US Senators and United Nations members combined, it's more than the number of kids in my entire high school, and it's more than all the people who'll be on your flight home for the holidays. It's a lot. And we helped them together.

When Nelson Mandela passed away two weeks ago, we lost one of our greatest leaders. He taught us a great deal, but most importantly…that we're all one. We live in the world together; like a family living in one house. And if somebody in your house is hungry, sick or struggling…you feed, nurture and care for them. That's why we started this company; to help take care of each other. And with your support, we're so proud to be sending our first shipment of aid to our little brothers and sisters in the Philippines.

So, THANK YOU for making this company real. It's such an honor to be on this journey with you.

-Todd

[td--c]

Severe acute #malnutrition (#SAM) remains a major killer of children under five years of age. Until recently, treatment has been restricted to facility-based approaches, greatly limiting its coverage and impact.

The community-based approach involves timely detection of severe acute malnutrition in the community and provision of treatment for those without medical complications with ready-to-use therapeutic foods (#RUTF) at home; this little girl is eating the RUTF #PlumpyNut.

When well executed implemented on a large scale, community-based management of severe acute malnutrition (#CMAM) prevents the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children.

La malnutrition aiguë sévère (#MAS) demeure une cause importante de mortalité des enfants de moins de cinq ans. Il y a peu de temps encore, le traitement était uniquement dispensé dans des centres de santé, ce qui en limitait considérablement la portée et l’efficacité.

L’approche à base communautaire consiste à détecter en temps voulu les cas de malnutrition aiguë sévère dans la communauté et à fournir, lorsqu’il n’y a pas de complications médicales, un traitement composé d’aliments thérapeutiques prêts à l’emploi (#ATPE), administré à domicile ; ici cette fille mange de l’ATPE PlumpyNut.

Mise en œuvre à grande échelle, la prise en charge communautaire de la malnutrition aiguë sévère (#PECMAS) pourrait prévenir le décès de centaines de milliers d’enfants.

http://instagram.com/p/cKLTrYMKQp/

https://twitter.com/td_c_/status/382431172921278464

https://twitter.com/td_c_/status/382431881850941440

http://www.td-c.org/

#TDC

[thisbarsaves]

We just broke the 10k mark! That means 10,000 packets of life-saving food will go to children in need... all because of YOU. 

Thanks for joining the movement.