This blog entry was written by Austen Musso, Program Manager for Vitamin Angels.
After 4 days of travel, we arrived in the rural village of Esu in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. Though over 40,000 people living in the lush hilly community of Esu, there is only one small primary government health facility. In 2007, the Cameroon Christian Welfare Foundation (CAMWEF) opened up the only private health care clinic in the community to help fill the need for quality, low cost health care services....
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Fri, 5/10/2013 - 2:15pm
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posted in Cameroon | Vitamin Angels | Staff
We've been working with Clinica Esperanza in Honduras since 2010. Through our partnership we are reaching over 2,500 chilldren with multivitamins.
Photos courtesy of Clinica Esperanza.
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This story was submitted by our partners at the Hospital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti where they are reaching pregnant women and new mothers with daily multivitamins.
"Judith lives with her husband and four children in Verrettes, about 15 minutes by car from her local dispensary health clinic run by Hôpital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) Haiti. She is expecting her fifth child in August 2013. They are a busy family: Judith sells rice in the local market, while her husband is a fruit and vegetable f...
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This blog entry was written by Boston University student and Vitamin Angels' Fundraiser, Gabrielle Purcell.
On April 16, 2013 a group of graduate students enrolled in a Financial Management in International Health course at the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) hosted a fundraiser event, “Cupcakes for a Cause,” to raise money and awareness for Vitamin Angels programs. The event, hosted on the BU medical campus in Boston’s South End, allowed BU students and f...
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This blog was written by Phoebe Hitchman and Kelsey Maloney, members of the Vitamin Angels team who recently conducted an observational trip to Honduras.
Ruth, a mother of two in Las Delicias, Honduras, invited our team to her home across the dirt road from the community school where we had been observing a vitamin A distribution. We learned that Ruth shares the small concrete brick home with her mother, three of her sisters, her own children, and 11 nieces and nephews.
Alice, Ruth’s 5-yea...
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Tue, 5/7/2013 - 10:45am
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posted in Honduras | not for profit organization | Vitamin A Deficiency | Vitamin Angels | Vitamin A | Child health
On April 25, Josh Smith organized his first fundraiser get-together, and it was a big success in raising funds for our cause. The event was held at San Francisco's John Colin's bar. The downtown venue acted as the meeting ground for mingling, drinks, and fundraising for Vitamin Angels with nearly $1,000 raised.
A major sponsor of the event was the Environmental Science Associates (ESA). ESA is an environmental consulting firm based on the west coast and the firm's Charitable Giving C...
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Imagine this: By the middle of the 21st century, almost one in every three births and nearly one in every three children younger than 18 years old will be in sub-Saharan Africa. Demographic shifts in the next few decades are likely to fundamentally alter where the world’s children are born and live, and which regions will be in most need of essential services.
A recent Lancet article, The Changing Face of Global Child Demographics, highlighted these intriguing findings from UNICEF. Other...
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Thu, 4/11/2013 - 11:45am
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Our partners from Mission to the World Team Honduras sent us a photo update from a mobile clinic in La Ceiba and from a permanent clinic in the jungle.
Vitamin Angels has been working with Mission to the World Team Honduras since 2011, and in November 2012 they received 288,000 multivitamins for over 780 children.
Photos courtesy of Erin Pettengill
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Attending regular medical checkups has never been as popular amongst the women and children as it is now that they are eligible to receive daily multivitamins at no cost. According to Shoulder to Shoulder Global, Vitamin Angels’ partner in Ecuador, pregnant women and new mothers are thrilled to receive prenatal vitamins. STSG said, “In our community, the average mother would not otherwise be able to afford such a supplement in the pharmacy.” The vitamins help ensure healthier...
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Our partners, Laos Rehabilitation Trust, recently sent us this photo from the field. We started working with the Laos Rehabilitation Trust in September 2012. So far, we’ve sent them 34,000 doses of multivitamins for pregnant women, which were distributed during their mobile clinic last October/November. We are exploring opportunities to directly support some of the rural district hospitals that they visited during their trip.
Photo courtesy of Siobhan McNally MD MPH, L...
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Here's a recent photo update from our partners, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
We’ve been working with UNRW since 2010. The organization is based in Occupied Palestinian Territories (Gaza Strip) and provides assistance, protection, and advocacy for nearly 5 million registered Palestine refugees.
In 2012, Vitamin Angels connected them with 57,500 doses of 100,000 IU and 120,000 doses of 200,000 IU vitamin A.
Photos cour...
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Tree of Life International in Haiti created “Hope for Health” in response to the devastating earthquake that shook the nation. Hope for Health’s goal is to eradicate malnutrition through the implementation of a comprehensive and sustainable health care system.
We’ve received the touching letter below from philanthropist Lee Edsill about the importance of vitamin A and how Vitamin Angels has advanced the Hope for Health mission:
“I have a heart for child...
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This blog was written by Ann Micka, Vitamin Angels' Domestic Program Manager following a recent multivitamin distribution near Vitamin Angels headquarters in Santa Barbara, CA.
One of the things that I love the most about our partnerships with food banks across the United States is the great potential they hold in tackling a huge issue in all corners of our country: hidden hunger. Hidden hunger exists when an individual’s diet does not provide him/her with the essential vitamins and...
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Wed, 2/27/2013 - 11:20am
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We recently received the following update from our partners at Destined for Grace in Haiti illustrating the benefit our children's multivitamins are making on students.
A kindergarten teacher, who is one of the instructors to the children receiving the vitamins, noticed a significant change in the students’ performance after they started taking the vitamins; where they previously seemed to struggle with low energy now the children were more attentive and focused in class. She noted th...
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Photo Updates from the Field: AmeriCares Bangladesh
Our partner, AmeriCares, has delivered vitamin A safely and effectively to reach patients in need in Bangladesh. Last year we provided AmeriCares with 31,000 doses of 200,000 IU and 10,000 doses of 100,000 IU vitamin A for distribution to Bangladesh health care institutions. The direct distribution to hospitals is overseen by AmeriCares in-country health care partner, the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangl...
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Fri, 1/18/2013 - 9:57am
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