There are many granola bars, protein bars, and snack bars that claim to give you the energy and nutrients that you need, but what about a bar that saves lives? That is exactly what This Bar Saves Lives does. For every bar purchased, the non-profit partner makes a packet of life-saving food. The food is sent to groups that need it the most and children’s lives are saved!
Family Entourage’s Co-founder, Mei Ling Nazar met up with some of our favorite bloggers and brands including Made with Happy, The Parentologist, Tubby Todd, City Girl Gone Mom, MomCoApp, Claragram, Socal Savvy Mom, Magic Kingdom Mamas, Hello Splendid, Little Big Kay, Esther LeClerc to hear from one of the founders of This Bar Saves Lives. We tried out the bars and sipped our Starbucks as he shared with us how they started the company.
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We were blown away to learn that every year, severe acute malnutrition claims the lives of 2.6 million children. That’s one child every 12 seconds. But here’s the thing…it’s preventable. Children suffering from severe acute malnutrition have a low weight-for-height ratio and suffer from wasting (extreme thinness) or edema (swelling)—often resulting from illness and a lack of nutritious foods in their diet. It is a preventable, yet serious, life-threatening condition currently afflicting 20 million children worldwide, and right now less than 10% of children are receiving the life-saving treatments they need.*
The bars which are non-GMO, gluten-free and bee friendly taste great and are currently available at Starbucks, Target and online. He challenged us with the statistic that if 5 bars are purchased at each Starbucks every day, 5 children’s lives could be saved every day.
He explained the process that for every This Bar Saves Lives bar that is purchased, a Plumpy’Nut bar is produced and sent to areas of need. In the last decade, Plumpy’Nut® has become the most important weapon in the war on global hunger. It’s a nutrient-rich paste made from peanuts, milk powder, sugar, vegetable oils, and a mixture of vitamins and minerals. Plumpy’Nut® is revolutionary because it’s so simple. It doesn’t need to be mixed with water, cooked or refrigerated, and it has a 2-year shelf life. Three a day for seven weeks and Plumpy’Nut® takes a child from near death to certain survival.*
While there are millions of severely malnourished children that require the immediate help of Plumpy’Nut® , the best long term solution for the global tragedy of childhood malnutrition is prevention. Nutributter® was designed for undernourished children below the age of two to prevent stunting—a condition caused by a diet lacking in essential calories, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals—which not only affects a child’s growth, but also their lifelong health and productivity.*
*Taken from This Bar Saves Lives’ website. Photo from This Bar Saves Lives
