MFK in the News
September 2010
September 2, 2010: The New York Times Magazine Article: The Peanut Solution
Read here about one journalist's experience of the politics and stories behind Ready to Use Therapeutic Food in Haiti.
August 27, 2010: Meds & Food For Kids will be featured in Haiti Documentary
Meds & Food For Kids is featured today in a article, "Peanut Butter Miracle" by Fran Mannino in the Webster-Kirkwood Times. It also discusses two filmmakers, Lori Dowd and Frank Poppers, who are making a documentary about the use of Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food in Haiti.
To read the full article please click here.
July 22, 2010: St. Louis Beacon Article: Progress Comes Slowly in Haiti-Part 1
Patricia Rice outlines the upcoming expansion of MFK, made possible by a capital campaign to raise funds for the new factory and a pending partnership with Nutriset.
Read how MFK plans to demonstrate that we don't need to rescue Haiti forever.
Photo of MFK's new land courtesy of Jennifer Silverberg.
July 5, 2010: NYT article: Haitian Orphans Have Little but One Another
Deborah Sontag mentions Medika Mamba in her article on Frades, an organization specializing in microloans that has taken responsibility for orphaned/abandoned children after the earthquake. Readers of an earlier NYT article about the orphans generated donations of cash and medika mamba to supply the children with basic needs.
Read about one of Medika Mamba's uses post-earthquake.
July 1, 2010 RFT article: Dr. Peanut: A St. Louis Pediatrician Battles Child Malnutrition in Haiti
In May, a reporter and a photographer with the Riverfront Times followed Dr. Wolff and two MFK board members to Haiti.
Read article here to find out their experience in Haiti.
