User:Vtaylor/World nutrition

Malnutrition that affects children everywhere, can be reduced or eliminated through innovation, communication and education.


 * community organizations
 * need - access to information, training, mobilizers, support
 * experience, success stories
 * resources

=== CIS2 Community Service Learning project=== Search the web for sites that describe solutions to world nutrition issues.
 * childhood malnutrition
 * obesity in poor families
 * food distribution restrictions
 * dietary restriction
 * nutrition and culture
 * access to clean water
 * nutrition education

For example, the Peanut Butter Project is an example of an innovative solution to childhood malnutrition. This program shows that community partnerships can successfully address these problems. http://www.projectpeanutbutter.org/

For each resource you find, include the web address and the page title, region effected, write a brief description about the significance of the web site in the context of World Nutrition. Add your work below.

== Projects== success stories, projects in progress, results


 * Peanut Butter Project - a revolutionary and inexpensive solution to the childhood malnutrition crisis with production facilities in Malawi and Sierra Leone, two African countries with child mortality rates among the world's highest.
 * similar project in Haiti - narrated slideshow

== Organizations==


 * World Health Organization


 * Pan American Health Organization

== Nutrition Education== lesson plans, examples of community programs

== Resources==


 * Community Empowerment - training for community leaders and organizers


 * Friends of African Village Libraries