Preselection 2018

It creates a paradigm shift from facility-based treatment of malnutrition to household-based preventive measures.

It is our goal to promote and spread traditional processing and conserving methods of green leafy vegetables in Uganda.

The project idea was developed basing on results from a study conducted in Ongino sub-county, Kumi district which revealed high malnutrition rates and need for caretakers’ education about nutrition.

Our project aims to help the people of Uganda to cope with hidden hunger without much effort and change within their daily lives.

The project idea to fight hidden hunger through fish farming was observed by the team members to be a cheap and easy means of supplying proteins and other micronutrients to children and pregnant mothers.

Modern technologies – smartphones in particular – are rapidly spreading in Uganda. We believe there is a lot of potential here, which is why our project wants to use technology to optimize helping those in need.

We actively focused on hidden hunger in our studies. Hidden hunger is often underestimated since it takes some time for affected people to develop visible symptoms.

CosmA is innovative and ingenious. It combines something fundamental – namely breastfeeding – with an improved supply of vitamin A starting from the day a baby is born.