LET’S FEED SOMALIA Rationale Which flour has the most nutrition? Which flour is the cheapest? What nutrients do the people of Somalia need most? … has the most protein? … has the most fat? … has the most carbohydrates? … contains the most vitamins? … provides long term benefits? … is highest in calories? … is the most dense? … would last the longest without going bad?
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LET’S FEED SOMALIARationale
Which flour has the most nutrition?Which flour is the cheapest?
What nutrients do the people of Somalia need most?… has the most protein?
… has the most fat?… has the most carbohydrates?… contains the most vitamins?… provides long term benefits?
• The most important nutrients for the people of Somalia include: dietary minerals, iron, cobalt, chromium, copper, iodine, manganese, zinc, and molybdenum. Identifie
• , cobalt, chromium, copper, iodine, manganese, selenium, zinc and molybdenum, vitamin A. Identified deficiencies in three micronutrients – iodine, iron and vitamin A - as being particularly common and posing public health risks in developing countries.
CONCLUSION• I’m going to send soy flour. It is better because• Soy flour is better then quinoa flour because• 12 million people across the region need food aid, however
we can only send 200 lbs because we have limited funds of only 600$.
• Even if we are able to get food and supplies to the main ports of Somalia, I think there is a real challenge in being able to deliver that assistance.
Bibliography• News, Will Ross BBC. “BBC News-Somalia Famine: UN Warns of 750, 000 Deaths.” -Homepage. Web. 22 Sept. 2011<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-afric-1475304>. "Micronutrient." Wikipedia, the