GtG: Micronutrient Supplements: Vitamin A and Zinc How to Help
How You Can Help
World Food Program – Nutrition
The World Food Program is the United Nations’ frontline agency in the fight against hunger. WFP is continually responding to emergencies.
But WFP also works to help prevent hunger in the future through programs that use food as a means to build assets, spread knowledge and nurture stronger, more dynamic communities. This helps communities become more food secure.
Treating micronutrient (vitamin and mineral) deficiencies is an area of emphasis. WFP is working on ways to meet the nutritional needs of specific groups – young children, pregnant and lactating women etc.
In 2010, WFP aims to bring food assistance to more than 90 million people in 73 countries.
Donations: Donations can be made online or by check.
Gain – Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is an alliance driven by the vision of a world without malnutrition. GAIN’s mission is to reduce malnutrition through food fortification and other sustainable strategies aimed at improving the health and nutrition of populations at risk. GAIN provides technical assistance on the design, implementation and evaluation of nutrition programs. GAIN projects include population-based programs which deliver staple foods and condiments fortified with vitamins and minerals to large populations through a market-based approach. GAIN pays particular attention to vulnerable groups such as infants and mothers, and young children and women in general.
All GAIN projects are subject to performance measurement to ensure that they are efficient and cost-effective.
Donations: Donations can be made online.
IZiNCG
IZiNCG is an international group whose primary objectives are to promote and assist efforts to reduce global zinc deficiency, with particular emphasis on the most vulnerable populations of low-income countries.
IZiNCG provides training and produces and distributes technical information and translations of research findings for program planning, implementation and evaluation of zinc intervention programs.
Donations: To make donations, contact IZiNCG.