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Hearty recipes full of assorted greens and topped with tangy dressing.

Super simple, fast, and nutritious!

Space Food

 

Food for spaceflight must be nutritious, lightweight, and easily stored. As astronauts and cosmonauts spend increasing amounts of time in space, the food must also be appealing to encourage proper nutrition. Spacefarers must be able to consume the food with minimal risk of scattering crumbs and drops of liquid, which could damage delicate electronic equipment.

 

The first space food was often partially dehydrated or condensed, so an astronaut could consume it directly from a tube or can in bite-sized portions. During the Gemini and Apollo programs, NASA created rehydratable food sealed in plastic containers. Astronauts used a water dispenser to rehydrate the food before eating. Today, space food is packaged and treated for long shelf life. It is similar to food used by campers and mountain climbers.

 

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13. Powdered Coffee with Cream and Sugar

Apollo 11

 

14. Granola with blueberries

Space Shuttle, STS-27

 

15. Scrambled Eggs

Space Shuttle, STS-27

 

16. Sausage Patties

Apollo 11

  

Education session on Nutrition, nutritious food and snacks, preparation of healthy meals.

 

The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Project, funded by USAID and implemented by Mercy Corps to cover 12 districts in Khatlon. The project is emphasizing nutrition using the 1000 days approach and Essential Nutrition Actions framework. This will include promotion of improved infant and young child feeding practices (breastfeeding, adequate maternal nutrition, and increased access to essential micronutrients) promotion of dietary diversity for the whole family, (fruits and vegetables) and animal source foods. This component will include capacity-building.

The second technical component focuses on improved family planning services and promoting increased demand for those services

The third component of the project will promote improved hygiene and sanitation through Essential Hygiene Actions, including provision of some sanitation infrastructure. Infrastructure will target schools including girl-friendly models.

To achieve adoption of improved nutrition, hygiene and health practices by community members, Mercy Corps will work at the community-level: volunteer Community Health Educators and Village Health Committees and Child-to-Child activities in schools.

I made spinach and turkey lasagna in my crock pot tonight. It turned out to be exactly what I had in mind, the best lasagna I have ever made!

To ensure pregnant and lactating women receive nutritious food items during pregnancy or post-partum, SMNF Nepal provided essential items such as rice, lentils, eggs, salt, and soap to 600 women during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Growing their own healthy and nutritious food reduces the need for future external food assistance. Families who have access to land and are ready to farm can harvest in six to eight weeks,” said Tim Vaessen, FAO’s Emergency and Response Manager in Nigeria.

 

Read more about FAO and the Northeast Nigeria crisis.

 

Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/S.Nguyen. Editorial use only. Copyright FAO

Nutritious digestive buscuits

A Bumble Bee feeding off a Sow-thistle flower found at the start of the trail leading to the Gillies Lake Conservation Area in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada

 

Native to Europe

 

Common sow thistle is in the Compositae (Asteraceae) family. This is a nutritious plant that contains several minerals (calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, sodium, potassium and zinc) and vitamins ( A, B1, B2, B3, B6, & C). The leaves are also great to use as an antioxidant.

 

Earlier in the season this plant tastes nice. Leaves and flowers can be added to salads, cooked like spinach or used in soups, casseroles, etc.. The leaves contain vitamin C, protein, fat, and carbohydrates. Cook stems like asparagus. They taste better if the outer skin is removed. Young roots can be cooked as well.

 

Super simple, fast, and nutritious!

It's delicious, it's nutritious.

Diversifying farming to include more nutritious and resilient crops such as millet and sorghum and protein-rich, soil fertility boosting legumes like chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnuts, can buffer communities against drought and malnutrition. Its key to increase demand via education, policy and access to ensure more communities grow and eat these foods.

 

A woman in athletic wear holds a handful of nutritious snacks during a workout break

Students enjoying a nutritious meal. At this ECD centre, teachers are provided training in the Science of ECD by AKF including how to create low cost and innovative learning materials and prepare nutritious meals.

Reeds cannot be very nutritious, I guess. But this greylag goose (Anser anser) munched on a shoot.

healthy, natural, nutritious, environment-friendly, and just for all people...for all our basic needs...whether home-grown or community-grown...is the cause of a people's generosity with each other...in sharing and protecting the blessings of natural resources on Earth...

blackberries were on sale.

A cyclist takes a well earned drink at a local cycle race. Tipping his vessel upside down to take a drink of the nutritious contents.

 

Our Daily Challenge - UPSIDE DOWN

 

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Beans are cheap, nutritious, tasty and versatile. I always have canned beans on hand but dry beans are much less expensive, and you can find a wider variety of heirloom beans in dry form.

Anasazi beans, also called New Mexico Cave Beans, Appaloosa Beans or Jacobs Cattle Beans, are of clouded origin. One story is that archaeologists found a handful of beans at an 1,500 year old site site in a clay jar sealed with pine tar. Amazingly some of those beans germinated and you can eat them today. (Some people don't believe this story and think the beans have been in constant cultivation... you choose the story you want to believe :)

Anasazi beans are closely related to pinto beans and cook up just the same. I cooked mine in a crockpot in pork stock. I finished them off with a green chile sauce and some garlic powder. Bean soup is on the menu later this week.

Avocados are tasty and nutritious and very popular. This is despite 2 small avocados having a carbon footprint twice the size of a kilo of bananas. Our avocado obsession isn't very green after all.

Due to severe drought, diverse and nutritious food becomes scarce, therefore the WFP has been working to prepare for and address the current drought effects by supporting population to identify and reduce their vulnerabilities.

 

Julia Ramírez and Iraelia Rodríguez show the fresh fruits and vegetables that they produced, which are consumed at schools and local social protection programmes.

 

© WFP/Marianela González

Students enjoying a nutritious meal. At this ECD centre, teachers are provided training in the Science of ECD by AKF including how to create low cost and innovative learning materials and prepare nutritious meals.

Quick, simple, tasty, and surprisingly nutritious.

Inside avocado fruits are fantastic health benefits👌! It has 11 carotenoids and powerful cancer-fighting antioxidants!

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However, did you know that most of these beneficial compounds are found in the dark green layer right up against the skin of the fruit⁉️

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⚠️ My tip of the day is: When you are peeling avocados make sure you do not remove this extremely nutrient dense dark green layer. Cut the ripe avocado into wedges and peel it as in the picture👆 making sure you keep as much of the dark green layer as possible❌🔪❌‼️

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To learn more about the amazing benefits of avocados check my old post: #mn_benefitsofavocado

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إن الأفوكادو غنية جداً بالمغذيات وهي جداً مفيدة للصحة👌وتحتوي على ١١نوع من الكروتينويات ومضادات أكسدة جداً فعالة في الحماية من مرض السرطان.

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ولكن هل كنت تعلم أن معظم هذه المغذيات المهمة تتواجد في الطبقة الخضراء الغامقة التي تأتي تحت القشرة مباشرةً؟

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⚠️ نصيحتي لك اليوم: عندما تقوم بتقشير الأفوكادو تأكد من عدم التخلص من هذه الطبقة التي لها فوائد لا تعد ولا تحصى. قطع الأفوكادو الناضجة إلى جوانح وقشّرها كما هو موضّح في الصورة 👆 مع الحرص على المحافظة على أكبر كمية من الطبقة الخضراء الغامقة قدر المستطاع❌🔪❌‼️

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لقراءة المزيد عن فوائد الأفوكادو اضغط على الهاشتاغ التالي: #ماسة_فوائد_الأفوكادو

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Today pusley is treated as a weed, but it was once considered nutritious fare and a cousin to spinach, according to our Oxford English Dictionary. We keep it around as ground cover because it helps keep our sandy soil in place. And its leaves and flowers are rather tasty. After sampling the plant ourselves we've left it to nourish bees and other pollinators who visit our yard. And Sluggo here.

 

I think this is Leidyula floridana, the Florida Leatherleaf, one of three slug species native to the state (in addition to 11 species of slugs introduced from elsewhere). Slugs are in the Family Veronicellidae, Class Gastropoda. More slimy detail is in the large view (click the magnifying glass).

 

"Slugs have an important place in the ecosystem of the world," writes 15-year-old Shep, a winner in the American Museum of Natural History Young Naturalist Awards. His article, "The Slimy, Yet Special Slug," continues, "Most slugs are herbivores, eating fungi, lichens, green plants, shoots, roots, leaves, fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Slugs are also known for being scavengers; eating decaying vegetation, animal feces, and carrion....Slugs are also important to humans in lesser known ways. Currently the slug is being studied at the University of Washington. The biochemical properties and cellular mechanisms of the slug's mucus are under investigation. Researchers at the University believe that learning more about slug mucus could help in treating or curing human deficiencies involving mucus." Cystic fibrosis, for example.

 

"Slugs are hermaphroditic," adds the University of Florida, "but often the sperm and ova in the gonads mature at different times (leading to male and female phases). Slugs commonly cross fertilize and may have elaborate courtship dances."

 

And then some. Brooke L.W. Miller, a doctoral student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is writing her thesis (with photos and videos) on the torrid sexual practices of the banana slug.

White (TMEB 693) cassava and yellow (I011368, TMS I011371, IITA TMS I070593, TMS I011412), Yellow cassava varieties contain Vitamin A. Therefore, more nutritious than white and enrich the nutrition of people. Photo by IITA. (file name: DSC_3786).

Healthy and nutritious homemade herbal pork noodle soup employing the use of #Benedictine D.O.M herbal liqueur.

Check out on the RECIPE at:

www.daphnescapades.com/pork-herbal-noodle-soup/

as a wife and as a cook because I had a new easy and delicious way of preparing food…Little did I realize how much this cooking would entice my husband, Narayan, who began to join me in the kitchen to prepare the meals. We would heat the homemade ghee in the pan and add the fragrant spices together. He would cut up the vegetables and we would flirt with each other as the aroma of the food filled our senses. I began to learn what a romantic and bonding experience it was to take the time to be with each other while cooking healthy life-giving food.

 

Because I worked a lot of late nights at the time, Narayan would go and visit our friends who were also cooking from the book. He would be so happy to be eating this food that he even offered to wash the dishes afterwards and he made them swear never to tell me because then I would want him to do it at home. Years later, my friends would laugh and tell me stories like these.

 

Samahria is coming out with a second book very soon. Last week, she invited me to her house and she took pictures of our meal for Flickr. Find out what else we had to eat that day by dropping by her site. She is new to Flickr and would love to share her recipes and pictures with you. Also she would love to hear about your experiences with “Romancing the Stove”.

 

To visit her Flickr site, go to…

www.flickr.com/photos/samahria_ramsen

 

www.salkantaytrekking.com

  

Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu

7 Days / 6 Nights

   

Cusco covers a total area of 70,015.30 Km2. In this beautiful land, it is possible to find colorful Andean valleys, snowy peaks, rivers, waterfalls, the beautiful Andean jungle, Inca and pre-Inca sites, and several Andean communities. These Andean communities are connected by thousands of paths. Some of these paths have been used before the Spaniards arrived to Peru. One of these paths is the one connecting the Andean valley of Mollepata with the Santa Teresa town located in the Andean Jungle. This path is well-known as the Salkantay Trek. After the Inca Trail, the Salkantay Trek is the most beautiful and popular one. Indeed, the magazine National Geographic Adventure rated the Salkantay Trek as one of the best 25 treks all over the world.

   

Day 1: Transfer Airport - Cusco Hotel, City Tour(Afternoon)

See and hear about the 6 archaeological sites of Cusco - the Cathedral, Koricancha (Temple of the Sun), Sacsayhuaman, Q'enqo, Pucapucara and Tambomachay.

 

Day 2: Sacred Valley Tour (Full Day)

Visit the Sacred Valley of the Incas on this full-day monumental tour.

Sacred Valley Itinerary:

* Visit Pisac Market & Ruins

  

* Ollantaytambo

* Chinchero

* Chinchero Market

  

Salkantay Trek Itinerary

  

Day 3: Cusco - Mollepata - Soraypampa

We will leave from Cusco approximately between 4:30a.m. and 5:00a.m. A local bus will take us to the town of Mollepata (2900 meters above sea level) where we will arrive approximately at 8:15 in the morning to have breakfast. During the trip we will have panoramic views of the majestic Salkantay, other mountains covered with snow, and the Valley of Apurimac River. We will meet with our support staff, and they will load the equipment on horses and mules. Around 9:00 a.m., we will begin our walk toward Sayllapata (3200 meters above sea level). About 1:00p.m., we will have a Peruvian lunch. After lunch, we will continue hiking toward the Soraypampa villages (3850 meters above sea level). Around 5:30 in the afternoon we will arrive to our camp where the tents will be ready for you as well as your dinner.

 

Day 4: Soraypampa - Salkantay Pass - Huayracpunku - Chaullay

Today, nature will change drastically from dry sceneries to snowy peaks and tropical areas. After a nutritious breakfast, we will start the most difficult part of the trek. We will start the hike around 7:00 in the morning. We will hike to a place called Pampas Salkantay, then go toward the left side of the snowy peaks of Umantay located next to the Apu Salkantay. At midday, we will be on the highest point ( 4600 meters above sea level). We will appreciate spectacular views of the mountains and the imposing snowy peaks of the Salkantay (6264 meters above sea level) which is known as the second highest point of the Cusco region. Around 1:00 p.m., we will have our lunch, in the area called Huayracmachay. After a trek of approximately 3 hours, we will arrive to our camp in Challway (2920 meters above sea level). Around 7:00p.m., we will recuperate from the trek and eat dinner.

 

Day 5: Chaullay - Collpapampa - La Playa - Santa Teresa

Around 7:00a.m., we will start our trek. We will walk for about 6 hours toward Playa Sahuayaco and during this period; we will observe a town called Collpabamba, also called the “Forest Cloudy Brow” where waterfalls, thermal hot springs, fruit-bearing trees, varied flora, and birds can be observed. If we are lucky, we will be able to observe the famous bird called the “Cock of the Rocks”. From Playa Sahuayaco, we will head to the campsite located at the hot springs of Santa Teresa (It is recommended to bring a bath suit.) Here you will eat dinner.

 

Day 6: Santa Teresa - Hidroelectryc - Aguas Calientes

After of our delicious breakfast we are going to walk for approximately around 8:30 a.m we begin our trek to the village Colpani, we follow this rising trail, from which we will see plantations of coffee, banana, passion fruit and a lovely view of the Santa Teresa Valley. We follow along the riverside of Vilcanota River until arrive to the Oroya (canopy brich) From here we have an option to hike to hidroelectrica or to catch a small car where will take us until Hidroelectrica (25 minutes), from this place we can observe the back of Machupicchu Sanctuary, where we have the last lunch with all staff. from here we will continuo walking until arrive to Aguas Calientes around 4:30 p.m then we will stay in a hostal the last night.

 

Day 7: Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu Sanctuary - Aguas Calientes - Ollantaytambo - Cusco

Today, you will be able to choose between waking up at 4:30a.m. and walking up to Machu Picchu or taking a bus to Machu Picchu at 7:00a.m. In Machu Picchu, you will have a guided tour for about two hours and after that you will be free to explore the Citadel and take pictures, or if you desire, ascent toward the Huaynapicchu Mountain. At 2:26p.m. or 6:03p.m. (depending on availability), you will be taking a train to Ollantaytambo and from there; a bus will drive you to your hotel in Cusco.

  

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Olivia will expand the nutritious food program to cover 36,000 more children. (Photo by Tim Ehlich)

Almond Berry Banana Yogurt Smoothie

Ingredients:

6 large strawberries

1 sliced banana

1 cup blueberries

6 ounces plain Greek yogurt

 

1 cup skim milk

1/4 cup almonds

 

Fitness, nutrition, wellness and living the good life

www.healthdaddi.com

Capped with a Limoncello-spiked glaze!

 

Moist from homemade ricotta, zingy from the zest of four Meyer lemons (and 1/4 cup of their juice!) and even on the border of nutritious with spelt and quinoa flour, these muffins are a great mid-morning snack that can be fancied up with a swirl of frosting for dessert!

 

www.yummysmells.ca/2014/03/lemony-ricotta-muffins.html

 

Inspired by www.healthyfoodforliving.com/meyer-lemon-ricotta-muffins/

There's a great recipe for a fried peanut butter and banana sandwich inside, probably the closest thing to health food in the book.

And, no, I didn't buy the book...

ODT: "Begins with N," and "Book Title."

 

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Bring summer back with this delicious and highly nutritious green salad. It is extremely beneficial for the overall health, an energy booster and a nutrient powerhouse.

 

Recipe and nutritional information in the Appetizers category on my blog Vegan Magic.

 

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The Fresh Food Fair had samples of free food that is nutritious for students to try. Photo by Kevin Bain/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services.

Education session on Nutrition, nutritious food and snacks, preparation of healthy meals.

 

The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Project, funded by USAID and implemented by Mercy Corps to cover 12 districts in Khatlon. The project is emphasizing nutrition using the 1000 days approach and Essential Nutrition Actions framework. This will include promotion of improved infant and young child feeding practices (breastfeeding, adequate maternal nutrition, and increased access to essential micronutrients) promotion of dietary diversity for the whole family, (fruits and vegetables) and animal source foods. This component will include capacity-building.

The second technical component focuses on improved family planning services and promoting increased demand for those services

The third component of the project will promote improved hygiene and sanitation through Essential Hygiene Actions, including provision of some sanitation infrastructure. Infrastructure will target schools including girl-friendly models.

To achieve adoption of improved nutrition, hygiene and health practices by community members, Mercy Corps will work at the community-level: volunteer Community Health Educators and Village Health Committees and Child-to-Child activities in schools.

Long time ago, when food is so scarce, smart human being have invented various kind of ways to preserve food for the time when no food at all. - www.justsimplyhealth.com

for the "Great Lord Borders." He's a Green iguana (Iguana iguana). Collard greens are a very nutritious diet for iguanas as the greens have the best high calcium and low phosphorus ratio. Photo by Frank.

Are you tired of boring sandwiches and salads for lunch? Do you want to spice up your meal with some crunchy and nutritious snacks? Then you should try lunch wraps with crispy insects! They are healthy, delicious and eco-friendly. Here are some reasons why:

 

- Insects are high in protein, iron, calcium and other essential nutrients. They can help you build muscle, strengthen bones and boost your immune system.

- Insects are low in fat, cholesterol and calories. They can help you lose weight, lower blood pressure and prevent heart disease.

- Insects are sustainable and ethical. They require less water, land and feed than livestock. They also produce less greenhouse gases and waste than animals.

- Insects are diverse and versatile. You can choose from a variety of species, flavors and textures. You can also cook them in different ways, such as frying, baking or roasting.

 

So what are you waiting for? Grab some tortillas, lettuce, cheese, salsa and your favorite insects and make yourself a tasty lunch wrap today. You'll be surprised by how good it tastes and how good it makes you feel!

 

Warning: Do not eat lunch wraps with insects. They may look crunchy and tasty, but they are not good for you. Insects can carry diseases, cause allergic reactions, and make you feel sick. Plus, they are gross and disgusting. Who wants to eat a bug when you can have a delicious sandwich or salad? Save yourself the trouble and avoid lunch wraps with insects at all costs.

 

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Education session on Nutrition, nutritious food and snacks, preparation of healthy meals.

 

The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Project, funded by USAID and implemented by Mercy Corps to cover 12 districts in Khatlon. The project is emphasizing nutrition using the 1000 days approach and Essential Nutrition Actions framework. This will include promotion of improved infant and young child feeding practices (breastfeeding, adequate maternal nutrition, and increased access to essential micronutrients) promotion of dietary diversity for the whole family, (fruits and vegetables) and animal source foods. This component will include capacity-building.

The second technical component focuses on improved family planning services and promoting increased demand for those services

The third component of the project will promote improved hygiene and sanitation through Essential Hygiene Actions, including provision of some sanitation infrastructure. Infrastructure will target schools including girl-friendly models.

To achieve adoption of improved nutrition, hygiene and health practices by community members, Mercy Corps will work at the community-level: volunteer Community Health Educators and Village Health Committees and Child-to-Child activities in schools.

 

One of our dinner parties

  

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This is a recipe that I've served dozens of times. It is nutritious, easy, offends no one, serves thousands. Heartily recommended.

 

You can leave ingredients out, add in ingredients that please you, and the recipe will salute you for this. It stretches in all directions. One of my best ones.

 

It doubles and triples easily for a large crowd.

  

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Vegetable-Bean Soup With Pistou

 

[French equivalent of Minestrone Soup]

 

Soup:

 

1 T. butter or margarine

1 T. oil

1 medium onion

2 large leeks, washed well and chopped

2 large carrots chopped

1 large potato peeled and diced

8 cups boiling water

1 tsp. salt, to taste

1/4 lb. fresh spinach or Swiss chard, coarsely chopped

1/2 lb. green beans, cut in 1 inch pieces

1/2 lb. tomatoes, peeled, cored and coarsely chopped

1/2 lb. zucchini, halved lengthwise then sliced 1/4 inch thick

2 cups cooked small dried beans, such as navy, pea, small white or great northern [rinse if canned]

1/2 cup small soup macaroni

Fresh ground black pepper to taste

 

Pistou:

 

3 cloves garlic, mashed

1/2 to 1 cup finely chopped basil leaves

1/4 cup olive oil

1/3 cup grated Parmesan

 

In a large stockpot or 5 or 6 quart Dutch oven, heat the butter or margarine and oil and add the onion, leeks and carrots. Saute` the vegetables for 5 minutes, then add the potato, boiling water and salt. Bring the soup to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer the soup, uncovered, for about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare the pistou.

In a blender or food processor, process the garlic and basil, gradually adding the oil. Transfer the mixture to a bowl, and stir in the Parmesan set the pistou aside. To the soup pot, add the spinach or Swiss chard, green beans, tomatoes, zucchini, cooked beans and macaroni. Bring the soup to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer the soup until the pasta is cooked [About 8 - 10 minutes]. Stir in half the pistou, saving the rest for table use. Season with additional salt and pepper. Mikes 10-12 serving.

 

Serve with salad and bread for a delicious light supper.

 

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Roshini is a very healthy child now. Her anganwadi or play school is very close to her house and she benefits a lot from nutritious meals and colourful playthings. Her mom Sujatha is now well equipped to take good care of her. Through world vision India’s HEARTH program she learnt how to make low cost yet nutritious food. What more she trains other women in her community to make nutritious food from cheap ingredients like drum stick leaves, spinach, grated carrots and beet roots. They also have a 5 year old son Paven Kumar who loves drawing, he proudly shows off his elaborate art work in the walls of his house. Penta Rao now has a vision for his family and his community- “My vision is that every one works in unity for community development. All the children must be educated, they should not realize what I realized when it is too late.”

25 years ago Penta Rao’s parents came from Orissa to an urban slum in Vizak in the hope of finding greener pastures. Like Penta Rao they too were daily wage labourers, and there is not much difference economically in the two generations. But there is a significant change of attitude and mindset. Penta Rao who has only studied till the 9th standard says, “I will make sure my children study till whatever level they want to study.” Penta Rao worked as a mason for INR 14 a day since his 9th standard. “I am ashamed to say that I am only a 9th pass, and I regret how my youth was filled with hard work” he says.

Penta rao has witnessed the transformation of his community since world vision India’s arrival 10 years ago. Their community was largely water logged with affluents from nearby factories stagnant in various parts of their colony. There were no taps and only one private borewell from which they had to borrow water. Penta rao says, “World vision constructed a drainage system and used land fill to stop water from stagnating.” About a 100 families have benefitted over the years from this. There is also a sophisticated ‘Reverse Osmosis system’ in place to provide the community with clean drinking water. The children are the biggest beneficiaries as the cases of water borne diseases have greatly dwindled over the year. “Since there are no mosquitos breeding in stagnant waters, my children can sleep in peace,” says a very thankful Penta Rao. But the biggest transformation has been within many of the families. The Vishakapatnam Area Development program works to improve the quality of life of 44 communities of Visakhapatnam towards self-reliance and sustainable development through education, good health and economic development initiatives.

 

Higher education in tasty and nutritious food for everyone.

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