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Valid Nutrition obtains Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) status in US

Valid Nutrition obtains Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) status in US

Valid Nutrition is delighted to announce that our application to CAFAmerica has been successful and we are now eligible to receive grants/donations from U.S. individuals, corporations or foundations. Many U.S. donors want to contribute to solving global problems. The...

Production of RUTF in Africa

Production of RUTF in Africa

Ready-to-use therapeutic foods have revolutionised famine relief in Africa; A Guardian blog explores the benefits of African production. Click here to read more.

Scaling Social Impact

When Everybody Contributes, Everybody Wins – INNOVATIONS is a quarterly journal published by MIT Press, USA.  Article by Jon McPhedran Waitzer & Roshan Paul. Click here to download PDF.

Award for Tackling Big Issues…

At a ceremony attended by the former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, Dr. Steve Collins was presented with the Global Ashoka Senior Fellowship Award... Click here to download PDF.

Feed the World

Feed the World

Dr. Steve Collins has been selected as one of 25 social entrepreneurs around the world to participate in the Ashoka Globaliser in Vienna… Click here to download PDF.

AID Policy

AID Policy

An IRIN publication calling for local manufacture of nutrition-rich foods. Read more here.

Vitamin Paste wins Global Prize…

Vitamin Paste wins Global Prize…

Social entrepreneur and founder of the Irish registered charity, Valid Nutrition, Dr. Steve Collins was presented with the prestigious Global Ashoka Senior Fellowship Award… Click here to download PDF.

Dr Steve Collins reflects on the opportunities and problems associated with the USD$250 million contribution announced by Administrator, Samantha Power of USAID – a positive catalyst for change?

VALID commissioned and achieved peer-review of a professional report to quantify objectively the overall climate impact profile of the amino-acid enhanced, plant-based RUTF recipe. It has found that the overall global warming potential impacts of the plant-based RUTF recipe are 47%-52% less than the milk-peanut based recipe.

Dr Steve Collins gives a hugely informative and enlightened interview to ENN podcast while discussing his candid Reflections on the UN Global Action Plan on Wasting.