“For me, food serves as a symbol of solidarity and community rather than just as a means of subsistence. My family is required to eat together, which is customary in African households and represents harmony and serenity." - Margaret.

This initiative is supporting 30 women entrepreneurs in Tamale with technical and business training to manufacture and sell fortified snack bars.

There is still room for food fortification’s improvement in Ivory Coast.

According to research, malnutrition is the underlying cause of about 45% of yearly mortality among children under the age of five in Côte d'Ivoire.

Crunchy bites made by women in Ashanti-Akim are now fortified and ready for sale!

Last month, MotherFood International’s intern Mabel Kwofie, traveled to Asante Akim, Ghana. Mabel participated in the manufacturing of nutrition bars with two women groups.

Vocational training to manufacture and sell fortified snack bars in Asante Akim

Disparities exist in the nutritional and food security situation in Ghana. Key nutritional problems in Ghana are micronutrient deficiencies and childhood malnutrition which are associated with poor diet quality among children and women in rural communities…

In the last two decades, the prevalence of stunting under 5 years in Ghana has reduced from 32.5% to 18.8% between 1993 to 2014 respectively…