Bangladesh
WISHH and the ASA International Marketing (ASA-IM) Bangladesh Office, along with the Palli Shishu Foundation, a local non-governmental organization (NGO), organized a Model Nutrition Project that will provide 1,700 mothers and children suffering from acute malnutrition with soy-protein-fortified energy biscuits and soy flake based fortified soymilk. The pilot project will utilize resources from a Quality Sample Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and WISHH. This program is a direct response to a rise in malnutrition in the area due to poverty intensified by flooding. While most government and NGO efforts to fight malnutrition in the area have aimed to gain immediate results, the Model Nutrition Project will provide longer-term solutions to this ongoing problem.
