A well fed child is a child less likely to develop diseases. Many Malagasy children are denutritionned, which does not want to say that they suffer from hunger ; their food is mainly made up of manioc, white rice and brèdes (eatable leaves). 5 to 10 grams of spiruline supplementing this bowl are enough to guarantee the proteinic and vitamin contribution necessary to their development.
The spiruline is a microalga growing in hot medium salted water ; it is a true protein concentrate, vitamins, oligo-elements and of iron.
5 grams of spiruline = 100 grams of red meat
Antsirabé is the 2nd economic city of the country ; located at the heart of the highlands, it naturally attracts the poors of the surrounding campaign ; those, attracted by chimerical hopes of better life pile up in the peripheral districts under miserable living conditions ; many sinks in despair and alcoholism, the children being left on their own without care.
Tuléar, important city of the south of the island, drains also the poor of the bush threatened by the famine due to the absence of work and the bad climatic conditions leading to food shortage. Its distance of the capital and the absence of industries generating of employment make a relatively forsaken urban centre of it.
Only true means of going near the rural populations, this mobile medical care unit consists of a cross-country truck equipped with a medical cabinet, a pharmacy and material of emergency care. Run by a driver, a doctor and a nurse, this mobile unit will provide medical assistance to a population which has no access to medical care.