PROBLEM STATEMENT
Currently, people in Sierra Leone are struggling to preserve their main food source: high calorie grains. The humid climate compounded with rodent infestation poses a unique threat to food safety and preservation in an already undernourished population. The scope of our project includes the potential nutritional, cultural, economic and technical implementations of our proposed solution. We hope to partner and are in contact with Peggy Papathakis, FSN, Cal Poly.
Please, check out the progress so far by Doctor Mark Manary and past Cal Poly students:
https://together.wustl.edu/Pages/News/Peanut-Butter-Project.aspx
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https://madistepherson.wixsite.com/foodstorage
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http://sharedcurriculum.peteschwartz.net/food-preservation/
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OUR COMMUNITY:​
WORKING WITH MOTHERS TOWARDS A HEALTHIER FUTURE
Food preservation in Sierra Leone is become increasingly difficult due to rodent infestation, high humidity and high temperatures. Young mothers, pregnant women and their children are not only at risk of malnutrition but also of food-borne illness if food is not preserved properly. After speaking with Dr. Peggy Papathakis regarding this issue, she informed our team that keeping corn and peanuts from molding should be our main focus. Our team hopes to find a sustainable and viable packaging solution for these common agricultural food sources, that will also produce jobs in the community.