Caren Baginski senior associate editor for NewHope360.com describes her experience supporting Vitamin Angels including her recent attendance at our Celebration of Angels!
Last year during the holidays, I found myself in that all-too-familiar quandary: What to get all my family and friends for Christmas? After days of touring websites and gift guides, one e-mail in my inbox changed everything.
A coworker at New Hope Natural Media sent out a notice about donating to Vitamin Angels. Being a...
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Tori Sung is a high school student from Canada who is a guest blogger and passionate volunteer for Vitamin Angels. Below she writes a final blog on her experience traveling to Kenya through a youth volunteer program where saw firsthand the effects of undernutrition on some of the populations Vitamin Angels targets.
The thing I’ll never forget from my trip to Kenya was the sense of community. Everyone was always smiling, waving, making a joke or wanting to share a story or ask a question. T...
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We recently interviewed Love a Child, who is partnering with Vitamin Angels to connect over 750,000 children 6-59 months with vitamin A. Read what they had to share about their work in the field and how they are making a difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of Haitians.
1) Our organization...LOVE A CHILD, INC.
2) We work in...HAITI ...
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Tori Sung is a high school student from Canada who is a guest blogger and passionate volunteer for Vitamin Angels. Below she writes a second blog on her experience traveling to Kenya through a youth volunteer program where saw firsthand the effects of undernutrition on some of the populations Vitamin Angels targets.
One of the most memorable things from Kenya was learning about their diet. I had to chance to eat what the locals ate for one day and could not even make it a few hour...
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September 14, 2011
As soon as we left San Salvador and started passing through small villages this morning my mood brightened. The tin roof shacks, roadside stands selling everything from pupusas (stuffed tortillas, an Salvadoran favorite) to fresh coconuts, and markets overflowing with people, dogs, chickens, and food stands, signals life in the developing world.
This morning, our group set out for the rural community of Santa Catarina Masahuat with Dr. Anabell Salamania, the project lea...
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September 13, 2011 This morning we were greeted not just by our wonderful in country partners, but by a big box of prenatal multivitamins (thank you Andrew Lessman and ProCaps!) in the back of their van that were coming along with us to the villages. I couldn’t help but smile. It’s always heartening to know that our vitamins have made it to the far reaches of the world.
This is Vitamin Angels’ first visit to our projects in El Salvador. We are being hosted by our implementation...
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Vitamin Angels is pleased to welcome guest blogger Tori Sung to our blog. Tori, a high school student from Canada, found out about our cause and was inspired to learn more and get involved. Tori recently volunteered at the Calgary Wellness Festival in Alberta, Canada in which all of the proceeds went to Vitamin Angels. Over the summer, she also traveled to Kenya, through a youth volunteer program, and saw firsthand the effects of undernutrition on some of the populations Vitamin Angels targets....
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Name: Phoebe Hitchman
Nicknames: Phoebs and Phoebemouse
Furry family members: Presently none, though hopefully that will change in the near future.
What I do all day at work: I provide support to our President and Founder, Howard Schiffer, through coordinating his travel, assisting with his speeches, and ensuring he’s where he’s supposed to be when he’s supposed to be there. I also coordinate all of Vitamin Angels’ global observational trips to visit in-coun...
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Thanks to Loren Schaeffer from Nature’s Best, sun salutations and warrior poses resulted in more than just personal strength! Over the summer, Loren held two yoga classes at Green Flash Yoga studio in San Diego, which raised $400 for Vitamin Angels, enough to help save the lives of 1,600 children. We love how Loren and his yoga friends just gave the Child’s Pose a whole new meaning!
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The British Medical Journal recently released a review estimating that vitamin A could save 600,000 lives each year. The review assessed 43 studies of over 200,000 children and found that vitamin A supplementation can reduce all cause mortality by 24%. Researchers point out that with 190 million children around the globe affected by vitamin A deficiency, this means supplementation could save hundreds of thousands of lives per year (an estimated 600,000).
The evidence was so compelling that...
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In a letter to the editor published in Indian Pediatrics, the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) responded to an issue being raised in India regarding discontinuing universal vitamin A supplementation for children under five. The article points to data from the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) which shows “The prevalence of clinical vitamin A deficiency (VAD) has declined considerably in India, as compared to previous years. However, this decline was not uniform throughout In...
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We recently received new photographs from the Shanta Foundation, our in-field partner in Myanmar. Together we are reaching 1,000 children with vitamin A and 59 pregnant and lactating women with multivitamins. Vitamin A and multivitamins for pregnant and lactating women are delivered by midwives as they work with women and their families through Shanta village clinics.
“The vitamins make a huge difference for pregnant and lactating women and give the infants born in our villages in the past...
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We recently received an update from our grantee, Project Belize. Together we are providing 1,500 children with vitamin A and 1,302 pregnant and lactating women with multivitamins.
“For the last twenty-four years medical workers for Project Belize have been making annual trips to the remote villages of the Toledo district in Belize. The physicians and nurses and helpers provide what basic medical care we can, after hiking to villages and carrying supplies on horses. For the last two ye...
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Thank you to Maddy Kameny for helping to organize a beautiful performance to support Vitamin Angels! Maddy explained to us that the event was an arangetram, a solo debut performed by a student of Indian classical dance. The special occasion helped raised a total of $800 for Vitamin Angels, enough to reach 3,200 children!
Photos courtesy of Vijay Jagannath
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Name: Ann Elizabeth Micka
Nicknames: Annie, Annimal, Anna Banana, Anniebelliespaghellie
Furry family members: Sadly, none at the moment. I can’t wait until I live in a space that is puppy-friendly! I grew up with the sweetest golden retrievers, and I miss their lovable presence!
What I do all day at work: I communicate with donors, shipping companies, and our grantees all day to make sure that all of our vitamins get to where they need to go.
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