TODDLER FOOD PARTNERS

Helping malnourished children.

Our Partnerships

 

Production team – This is a group of workers, typically 3 or 4 women, who buy the ingredients, make the food supplement, deliver it to the place it is distributed, and get paid for their expenses.  One of the workers must be a leader who gives work direction, trains other workers, scales recipes up and down, buys ingredients, and works herself.

Health care facility and staff – This may be an actual hospital with full-time doctors, a small rural clinic with visiting professionals, or a community center staffed with a health care worker trained in malnutrition.  The key issue is that there is a medical worker interested in treating malnourished children.  A second requirement is that there is a facility and a procedure to diagnose children, dispense the appropriate food/medicine, and keep track of their progress.

On-Site Management – This may be a community group, church, NGO, or other group capable of solving logistics problems, personnel conflicts, and any other day-to-day issues.  The on-site management must have a stable, on-site presence and a commitment to success.  They  are also responsible for ongoing expenses needed to sustain the program.

Technology partner – This is a volunteer (from TODDLER FOOD PARTNERS) able to supply appropriate equipment, adapt procedures and safety standards to the local situation, and troubleshoot problems.  The volunteer trains the other three partners and supports them until they can operate independently.

Making a lasting improvement in a developing country is not simple.  It takes community acceptance and participation, training, logistics, and a reliable cash flow.  A small group of volunteers cannot, by itself, sustain this kind of program.  That’s why our first step is to establish a partnership. A toddler food partnership might vary, depending on the talents of the partners, but it probably looks something like this: