Food & Nutrition

MISSION: ZERO HUNGER & ZERO MALNUTRITION

Despite recent progress in reducing global hunger, a recent study shows that India is home to the largest undernourished population in the world. At least 190 million are undernourished that require immediate attention.

Food insecurity — and the malnutrition that often comes with it — causes poor physical and cognitive development, increases vulnerability to disease, limits productivity over a lifetime, and impedes economic development. A lack of nutritious food wreaks havoc on families and communities, causing a lifetime of challenges.

We work with communities, local organizations and authorities to identify the root causes of food insecurity and malnutrition. We use this knowledge to develop comprehensive and inclusive programming aimed at achieving resilient food security and improving nutrition.

We don’t just improve people’s access to nutritious food — we also address the underlying issues that keep people from accessing it and making healthy use of it in the first place.

We at ELT make sure that tens of thousands of meals are served every month to children and under priviledged individuals at schools, hospitals to old age homes. (??)

ELT always strives to empower illiterate and malnourished children through relevant education, improved nutrition, and basic stay-healthy principles; and to reduce poverty and promote culturally sensitive, sustainable development within impoverished rural communities that have little or no choice to alleviate their own plight.