Taste and nutrition company Kerry has announced details of Project Amata, a new project with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
It aims to enhance the production and availability of safe, sustainable milk for children and communities in the Gitega province of Burundi.
Project Amata (amata means milk in Kirundi, Burundi’s national language) builds on the previous WFP and Kerry partnership, Project Leche, which helped Honduran farmers create a safer and more sustainable milk supply, nourishing the health of more than 7,500 thousand Honduran children, as well as enhancing economic opportunity and better living conditions for the community.
In Burundi, 65% of people live below the poverty line and chronic malnutrition affects more than half the population. Children are often the most affected, as the lack of regular nutritious food and poor dietary diversity makes them vulnerable to infections and undermines performance at school.
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