Herbalife Family Foundation Expands Successful Nutrition Programs for Children in UK and Mexico
02 September 2010 - 9:24PM
Business Wire
The Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF) has established two new
Casa Herbalife programs to support nutrition and wellness programs
at Scotland’s Action for Children (North Lanarkshire Young Carers
Project), and in Queretaro, Mexico at La Alegria de los Niños, IAP
(Children’s Happiness).
In 2006, HFF provided a grant to Action for Children’s London
location to help educate young people who serve as their family’s
primary caregiver. Due to the program’s success, an additional
request was made for funding for its North Lanarkshire Young Carers
project in Scotland, which began 15 years ago. The project
currently supports over 250 young people who serve as the primary
caretaker for ailing or chronically ill parents through a wide
range of support services that include in-school support,
outreach/community support, focused group work programs, individual
counseling, family support, and educational activities and
excursions.
The grant will help Action for Children offer young ‘carers’
more training around the importance of preparing and storing food
properly, food hygiene and food safety as well as learning to cook
for their families and make healthy food choices.
Founded in 1994 with the mission of protecting infants and
children who are victims of abuse, abandonment and neglect, La
Alegria de los Niños, IAP in Queretaro, Mexico, offers a safe haven
from the streets for these at-risk children and provides food,
shelter, care, clothing and education while adoption proceedings
are in progress or prior to a strategic and carefully-crafted
family reintegration plan being established.
To date, La Alegria de los Niños, IAP has served, sheltered and
placed 235 children in safe homes or reintegrated them to their
families. With three current locations in the state of Queretaro,
the organization serves approximately 10 percent of displaced
children in the state. The ages of the population served range from
infants to 17 years of age.
The grant will assist in providing three meals and snacks daily
to the 70 children currently in the organization’s care.
Additionally, a portion of the funds granted will be used to
support essential wellness treatments for children with special
needs.
The Casa Herbalife program was created in 2005 to help bring
good nutrition to children in need. HFF works with organizations to
improve the ability to provide the children in their care with more
nutritious foods. These programs mark the 56th and 57th programs
worldwide, respectively. Action for Children in Scotland is the
second Casa Herbalife program in the UK; there are now 23 programs
in the company’s EMEA region. There are 5 programs in its Mexico
region.
HFF is a 501(c)(3), non-profit corporation dedicated to
improving children’s lives by helping organizations provide healthy
nutrition to children at risk. Additionally, HFF often supports
relief efforts in response to natural disasters.
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that sells weight-management, nutrition, and personal care products
intended to support a healthy lifestyle. Herbalife products are
sold in 73 countries through a network of approximately 2.1 million
independent distributors. The company supports the Herbalife Family
Foundation and its Casa Herbalife program to help bring good
nutrition to children. Herbalife's website contains a significant
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