TIPS,
TIPS, CHECK OUT REMEDY NAILS.. >> THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO GIVE BACK TO
COMMUNITIES IN NEED, ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING THOSE
FACING FOOD INSECURITY AND
THOSE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE
INEVITABLY THE HARDEST HIT.
>> VITAMIN ANGELL'S IS A GLOBAL
NONPROFIT HELPING PROVIDE
NUTRITIONALLY VULNERABLE
PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN
THERE GIVING THEM ACCESS TO
LIFE CHANGING VITAMINS AND
MINERALS INCLUDING RIGHT HERE
IN SACRAMENTO.
HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT
VITAMIN ANGELL'S IS AMY
STANFIELD.
AMY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US THIS MORNING .
LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.
TELL US HOW VITAMIN ANGELS
WORKS.
>> WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.
WELL, WE LIKE YOU SAID AT THE
TOP.
WE SERVE VERY VULNERABLE
POPULATION, NUTRITIONALLY
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
AND WE HAVE A VERY LARGE
IMPACT.
SO JUST ANNUALLY IN THIS LAST
YEAR ALONE WE'RE REACHING 70
MILLION WOMEN AND CHILDREN WITH
THESE LIFE CHANGING AND OFTEN
LIFE SAVING VITAMINS MINERALS.
AND WE WORK IN 70 DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
SO THAT'S A BIG SPACE TO
COVER AND YOU'RE PROBABLY
ASKING YOURSELF HOW WE DO THAT?
WELL, WE WORK WITH TWENTY
FIVE HUNDRED DIFFERENT FIELD
PARTNERS AROUND THE GLOBE AND
THAT ALSO INCLUDES HERE IN THE
US RIGHT IN THE SACRAMENTO
AREA.
LIKE YOU MENTIONED, WE WORK IN
ALL 50 STATES IN THE UNITED
STATES.
SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE
WORK THAT WE DO.
THAT'S AWESOME.
>> WHAT ARE THE TYPES
OF VITAMINS THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO
PROVIDE?
WE PROVIDE PRENATAL VITAMINS
FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND MOTHERS,
NEW MOTHERS AND WE ALSO PROVIDE
VITAMIN A FOR CHILDREN UNDER
THE AGE OF FIVE VITAMIN A IS
SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T REALLY
THINK OF AS A NUTRITIONAL
PROBLEM HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR
FOODS ARE FORTIFIED.
WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT
NUTRITION.
HOWEVER, LIKE I SAID, MOST
OF THE POPULATIONS THAT WE'RE
SERVING ARE THE MOST
NUTRITIONALLY VULNERABLE AND
THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO
VITAMIN A WHICH IS CRITICAL TO
IMMUNITY IE HEALTH AMONG OTHER
THINGS AND IT IS A CRITICAL
COMPONENT TO SAVING CHILDREN'S
LIVES UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE.
WELL THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
>> NOW YOU ALSO HAVE A D
WORMING TABLET AND THAT
BENEFITS CHILDREN AS WELL.
>> YES THE DEWORMING TABLET IS
USUALLY COUPLED WITH THE
VITAMIN A.
THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY WORMS A LOT
OF THE POPULATIONS WE SERVE
THEY DO HAVE SOIL TRANSMITTED
AILMENTS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
WORMS AND THE WORMS LIKE THE
SAME NUTRITION THAT OUR BODIES
LIKE.
SO WE HAVE TO DO WORM THE
CHILDREN BEFORE WE GIVE THEM
THE VITAMINS THAT ARE CRITICAL
TO THEIR HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
>> WELL, THAT'S GREAT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE
DOING SOME VERY IMPORTANT WORK
AND REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE
.
TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT
VITAMIN ANGELL'S MAKES FOR
THESE WOMEN AND CHILDREN THAT
YOU SERVE.
>> YEAH.
LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE WE'RE
REACHING ABOUT 70 MILLION WOMEN
AND CHILDREN.
YOU CAN SEE THEM HERE AND THESE
LOVELY PICTURES AND VIDEOS.
IT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THE POPULATIONS
WE SERVE OFTEN THESE PEOPLE ARE
NOT GETTING REACHED BY
GOVERNMENT SERVICES SO THEY ARE
NOT GETTING THE GOVERNMENT
SERVICES.
ABOUT 70 PERCENT OF POPULATIONS
GET THOSE GOVERNMENT SERVICES
AND SOME DO NOT AS WELL AS
OTHER MULTILATERAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON IMPACTING
THE PORTION OF THE POPULATION
THAT DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO
THOSE NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
NOW HAS VITAMIN ANGELS BEEN
ABLE TO HELP COMBAT ANY
NEGATIVE IMPACTS FROM THE
PANDEMIC?
>> YES, WE OF COURSE OUR
MISSION IS TO ALWAYS REACH
THOSE THAT ARE MOST
VULNERABLE. >> BUT AS ALL OF US HAVE SEEN CHALLENGES IN THE LAST YEAR,
THE POPULATIONS THAT WE SERVE
ARE MOST NUTRITIONALLY
VULNERABLE AND SO OF COURSE
THEY HAVE HAD A MASSIVE IMPACT
DUE TO COVERED NOT ONLY THE
DISEASE ITSELF BUT THE ECONOMIC
TOLL OF THAT.
SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING THE JOB
OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO BUY
OR AFFORD NUTRITIONAL
NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND THEY ALSO
DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO PROGRAMS
THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE THERE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE I SAID, A
LOT OF THOSE GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS ARE EITHER POSTPONED
OR ENTIRELY CANCELED.
FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS HAVE BEEN
DISRUPTED.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT
OF PIVOTING JUST LIKE EVERYBODY
ELSE TO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR
PROGRAM PARTNERS TO TRY TO FIND
WAYS TO SERVICE THEM, FOR
EXAMPLE IN IOWA.
WE HAVE A CLINIC THAT WE'VE
BEEN DOING CURBSIDE DROP OFFS
OF THOSE PRENATAL VITAMINS AND
MINERALS TO THOSE PREGNANT
WOMEN AND THOSE NEW MOMS
BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW CRITICAL
THE NUTRITION NEEDS ARE DURING
AND AFTER PREGNANCY FOR BOTH
MOM AND BABY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WHAT I WANT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US THIS MORNING AND TALKING
ABOUT VITAMIN ANGELS AND IT HAS
BEEN GREAT LEARNING ABOUT WHAT
YOU GUYS DO