Winstone Edward Odhiambo 2012 Fellow

Thursday, 07 June 2012 15:07

Winstone Edward Odhiambo 2012 Fellow

Bold Idea

Nourish 500 million women and children in Africa using an innovative technology that fortifies staple flours with micronutrients at the local mill level.

Organization

Using an innovative dispenser and technology that enables small scale millers to fortify staple flours with Vitamin A and Iron premixes at the local milling level, Healthy Food Systems puts us in reach of a world where no child faces blindness, immunity impairment, birth defects, death or looses their mother in childbirth because of vitamin A or Iron deficiencies.

Why I'm Passionate About This:

Every day, 16,000 children die because their parents can’t afford healthy diets. Growing up in East Africa, I witnessed the tragic effects of malnutrition on vulnerable populations within my rural community. My work in corporate social responsibility and food technology enterprises for six years showed me that nutritional autonomy is both necessary and possible. By providing access to vital micronutrients in affordable flour, Healthy Food Systems puts us in reach of a world where no child faces blindness, immunity impairment, birth defects, death, or loses their mother in childbirth because of vitamin A or iron deficiency.

Biography

Over the past 8 years, Winstone Odhiambo has produced content on cost effective micro-nutrient interventions and gained extensive insights of the existing integrated micro-nutrient delivery systems and determined the most impactful methodologies that will fix the systemic loose ends in the food value chains to combat the vicious circle of poverty and malnutrition in the developing world.

Meet 2012 Fellow Finalist

mceTempObject

Source: www.echoinggreen.org