By Heidi Reed | Edesia's Communications Manager
It has been a busy time at Edesia's factory in Providence, Rhode Island. We have been making our lifesaving ready-to-use foods 24 hours out of each work day, because so many children around the world suffering from acute malnutrition need our help.
Since the start of 2014, we have shipped out 66,581 boxes of Plumpy'Nut to countries in the Sahel region of Africa, including to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, and Mauritania. That means that we have potentially helped save the lives of 66,581 children, because each carton contains 150 sachets - the exact amount needed to bring a severely malnourished child back to health.
You might also like to know that we have shipped 64,600 boxes of Plumpy'Sup to this region. This product is very similar to Plumpy'Nut in composition and calories but is formulated to benefit children who have moderate acute malnutrition, a slightly less severe diagnosis; 64,600 boxes is enough to help treat 161,500 children.
Thank you for continuing to support our project. Your help makes our work to deliver the highest quality ready-to-use foods to the hardest-to-reach places on earth all the more possible.
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