By Heidi Reed | Edesia's Communications Manager
According to a recent news report from the United Nations (see link below), at the beginning of 2014, there were 1.3 displaced people in the Sahel region of Africa. Now, as we come to the end of the year, that number has risen dramatically to 3.3 million.
This is troubling number, which, when broken down into its human elements, means that thousands of children are at risk of dying from malnutrition directy or diseases where malnutrition is the underlying cause.
It is for these vulnerable children, in danger of never growing up to achieve their true potential, that Edesia's factory in Providence, Rhode Island is working 24 hours a day. Our work is to make peanut-based, therapeutic foods that help children living in crisis cope, survive, and - hopefully - thrive.
I wanted to update you and let you know that since June of this year, we have shipped 59,665 boxes of Plumpy'Nut to the Sahel region. This is enough to potentially treat 59,665 severely malnourished children, since one box, containing 150 foil packets, is exactly what a severely malnourished child needs to recover his or her health.
As we come to the end of the year, I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for continuing to support these children through our GlobalGiving project. Your generousity and kindness makes our efforts all the more possible.
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