Business Heroes in the Fight against Global Malnutrition
Success stories from Bangladesh, the Philippines, Ghana, South Africa and Côte d’Ivoire show local business leaders’ commitment and determination in fighting global malnutrition with GAIN support. Below are interviews with Kaiser Kabir, CEO of pharmaceutical company Renata (Bangladesh), Rose Beatriz Guballa, member and board director of Tamaraw Salt Producers Cooperative (TAMACO) in the Philippines, Samuel Kwame Ntim Adu, CEO of Yedent Agro Processing Ventures in Ghana, Dr Riaan van Tonder, Nycomed’s Head of New Business and Development (South Africa) and Marie Konaté, CEO of a GAIN partner company in Côte d’Ivoire.
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Rose Beatriz Guballa (TAMACO)
“The effort of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to build the capacity of local salt producers like me to collectively produce and distribute salt fortified with iodine is empowering us.”
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Samuel Kwame Ntim Adu (Yedent)
“GAIN is helping us create a new market for more nutritious food products that celebrate indigenous foods and that are affordable for poor, vulnerable families.” |
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Riian van Tonder (Nycomed)
“I’ve been encouraged by the people working for GAIN we have come into contact with over the past three years – everybody, from the initial consultant to discuss the project through to the team who will be monitoring the project.” |
Kaiser Kabir (Renata)
“Our approach to addressing child malnutrition is holistic, starting with educating mothers about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding until an infant is six months old, appropriate complementary feeding in combination with breastfeeding from six months to at least two years of age and then the benefits of our solution”.
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Marie Konaté (Protein Kisèe-La)
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“By preventing malnutrition in the very early years of life, we aim to save future generations from the long-term consequences of malnutrition – mental impairment, blindness, inability to find jobs and other disabilities.”
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“Since we partnered with GAIN in July 2009, we’ve changed the packaging of Farinor®, one of our instant infant cereal products made with local soya and maize and fortified with essential nutrients for a child’s healthy growth. Now it is clear that only infants at least 6 months old should be given our products, and, as a complement to breast milk.”
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