Laboratorios Viñas is committed to people’s health and well-being and, through its actions, seeks to channel its efforts in a way that is consistent with these values. Honesty is non-negotiable, and earning the trust of the people who are part of its environment, including customers and suppliers, is essential. This commitment also extends to the charitable initiatives the company supports each year, both within and outside Spain.
What Is the Prandi Foundation and What Are Its Objectives?
One of the company’s annual collaborations is with SEPEAP and its foundation. The Prandi Foundation for Outpatient Pediatrics is a non-profit organization whose social purpose serves the public interest, with children as its beneficiaries. Its mission is to support educational, training, research, and social-interest activities in the outpatient healthcare field that help improve children’s healthcare and living conditions. Laboratorios Viñas has sponsored the foundation’s main annual award.
Chazon Africa, an NGO in Kenya Supporting Vulnerable Children
According to United Nations Programme data, Kenya has a low Human Development Index, and UNICEF estimates that more than 1.2 million school-age children do not have access to regular education. Children in the Molo region, located in Kenya’s Rift Valley, face significant socioeconomic vulnerability, and nutrition is one of the main factors limiting child development. The local diet is primarily based on ugali (maize flour) and vegetables, with limited access to animal protein.
Chazon Africa is a non-profit organization founded in 2010 and dedicated to the education, care, and holistic development of vulnerable children. It is registered in both Kenya and Spain. The organization operates a primary school serving 500 children and a children’s home with capacity for 22 residents in the town of Molo. Its mission is to support vulnerable children by providing free education and two daily meals, helping meet their basic needs for food, shelter, safety, education, and affection.
Lishe Project: A Project for Vulnerable Children in Kenya
The project that received recognition and financial support from Laboratorios Viñas in this latest edition organized by the Prandi Foundation was the LISHE PROJECT, presented by Chazon Africa. Initially, the project will benefit 20 children living in the children’s home and will progressively expand to all 500 pupils attending the NGO’s primary school in Molo, as well as the center’s educational and community staff.
The award was received by Iratxe Marcos, President of Chazon Africa in Spain, from Arantxa Sainz de los Terreros Buxadé, Director of Training at Laboratorios Viñas.
“At Chazon Africa, we would like to express our sincerest gratitude to the Prandi Foundation and Laboratorios Viñas for this support, which represents a tremendous boost for our educational project in Kenya. After the difficulties we experienced during the pandemic, this grant restores our hope and allows us to continue moving forward with our pig farm project, improving the nutrition of the children in our school and children’s home. This support comes at a crucial moment for us and gives us the strength to continue working for their well-being and future. Thank you so much for believing in us!” said the president of this small NGO upon receiving the award.
Lishe means “nutrition” in Swahili and has as its main objective the improvement of the nutritional status, physical development, and quality of life of the children in care, as well as the school’s students. This will be achieved through the implementation of a sustainable animal-protein production system complemented by individualized nutritional monitoring.
The project has also established the following specific objectives:
- Introduce a stable source of animal protein into children’s diets.
- Improve the monitoring of child growth and development through regular weight and height assessments.
- Reduce dependence on external aid through a partially self-financing model.
- Strengthen the sustainability of the educational and residential center.
- Contribute to local food security.
The expected impact includes improving children’s nutritional status, increasing protein intake, reducing cases of malnutrition, enhancing physical growth and development, strengthening the center’s autonomy, and creating a replicable model of sustainable food production.
LISHE PROJECT represents a comprehensive, sustainable, and high-impact intervention aimed at improving child nutrition in Molo (Kenya). The financial support provided by Laboratorios Viñas will make it possible to launch a food-production model that will not only improve the health of the children but also strengthen the center’s autonomy and its capacity for future development. Furthermore, it is a way of helping ensure that vulnerable children have access to housing, proper nutrition, and quality education.
