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Power Flour

A New World Community Service Project

It’s all about POWER FLOUR!

Imagine- in the last 90 days over 1 million children under the age of five died from malnutrition and starvation! The problem with feeding the world’s hungry children is that their digestive systems are so malnourished and immature that they can not eat the commonly cooked cereals which contain mostly complex carbohydrates.

There is a solution. It’s called POWER FLOUR! Power Flour is barley malt flour which is added to porridges commonly used in areas suffering widespread hunger. It contains digestive enzymes that predigest the food. Just ¼ teaspoon of Power Flour in a bowl of porridge is all that is needed! This simple additive makes common starchy food easier to ingest and provides basic nutrients that are easily absorbed by the intestinal tract. A double blind study of Power Flour in Panama documented that the weight gain was doubled every five months for children receiving oatmeal and Power Flour verses those without Power Flour.

 District 6220 has received a Matching Grant to start a project to ultimately care for the 15 to 20,000 children suffering from malnutrition annually in Panama. The first shipment has already arrived in Panama to be used by three NGOs there – Nutre Hogar, ProNinez, and the Darien Children’s Fund. Plans are under way to expand into Mexico, the rest of Central America and South America. We are open to opening projects anywhere in the world. In addition we are partnering with large nonprofits in the US.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call John Herlache @ 920-743-7755 or e-mail to jn.herlache@yahoo.com.