Sanku
We give small mills everything they need to add vital nutrients into the food that millions of malnourished people eat the most.
Sanku combats hidden hunger and saves lives by giving small mills the tools needed to fortify maize flour, an East African staple. Our mission: Guarantee that every meal consumed by every mother & child contains vital nutrients, forever.
Worldwide, 8,000 children die every day and 2 billion suffer from preventable illness because their diets lack basic vitamins and minerals. Fortification (adding life-saving micronutrients to processed foods) is the most cost-effective nutrition intervention, but it has failed to reach the 6.5 billion people in developing countries who rely on small, often rural, mills for most of their food.
Sanku developed a technology and business model to enable the small mills that feed the most malnourished people to conveniently and affordably fortify staple grains. Our technology adds precise levels of nutrients into flour during processing and our business model leverages economies of scale to offset any additional costs for millers and their customers, providing Sanku with revenue margins that increase as we scale. We are currently reaching 3 million East Africans with the basic human right of nutritious food and have a plan to reach 100 million this decade, which will prevent millions from death and disease, boost productivity, and save billions of dollars in GDP.
A donation of ~$1 is enough to give one person access to nutritious food for an entire year, so even a small donation can go a long way in the fight against malnutrition.
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Every child deserves to achieve their full potential
Over 2.3 billion people worldwide are unable to achieve their full physical and intellectual potential because their diets lack vital vitamins and minerals. Pregnant women and children are worst affected. We partner with small mills to add critical nutrients into the foods that East Africans eat the most. Our sustainable business model ensure that families can finally afford to buy and eat healthy food every day. Children get the nutrients they need and lives are saved. With a donation of $5, we can help an East African family access key nutrients for an entire year. A small price to pay to reduce maternal and infant mortality, prevent stunting, improve educational outcomes and boost productivity - to give a family the opportunity to survive, to thrive.
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D R 3Micronutrient malnutrition is the leading cause of preventable intellectual and developmental disabilities in the world.
- Leah Tronel
Project Healthy Children give families access to the nutrients they need to survive and thrive
