Dehy potato flakes international food aid comes with service on the spot

Farm and Ranch Report September 22, 2010 A Private Volunteer Organization, or PVO, recently programmed 960 metric tons of U.S. dehydrated potato flakes for a school feeding program in Guinea-Bissau, a western African nation. Teresa Kuwahara, a USPB International Marketing Manager, says this just didn’t happen on its own.

Kuwahara: “That was as a result of the staff members from International Partnership for Human Development attending our training in Idaho Falls back in 2009.”

And when you order U.S. dehy for food aid you get service with it.

Kuwahara: “We will go out and help train their staff to make sure that the dehydrated potatoes are being properly used and stored and implemented so that they are successful in their programs as well. So I just returned from Guinea-Bissau last week.”

There is a similar school feeding program in neighboring Senegal for which 120 metric tons of dehy was purchased.

To date, Kuwahara says the USPB’s International Food Assistance Initiative has resulted in 8.8 million dollars worth of dehydrated potatoes being purchased. But there is something even more rewarding.

Kuwahara: “Seeing school attendance rates going up through food for education programs in places like Senegal or Moldova or Guinea-Bissau where dehydrated potatoes are being used.”