Fueling the Future: Nutrition for Teens
Many people are aware of the prominent issue of malnutrition in Kenya, or Africa in general. However, the problem has yet not been solved as malnutrition is still the key cause
of suffering among almost 1.82 million children in Kenya.
To effectively solve the problem, team chakula developed a drinkable product
with multiple benefits for Kenyan citizens.
Meet The Team
Chaiyeon
Kang
Ryan
Sull
Hongji
Kim
Jaehyuk
Choi
Chloe
Sim
Problem
Limited options to the food sources caused by drought
Various climate factors such as drought which causes them to rely heavily on hardy crops such as maize, rice or beans which consists of mostly carbohydrates.
Consume fast food instead of local food at markets
Many people who live in urban residency like to consume fast foods such as KFC and Mcdonald's without active exercises or complimentary vegetables or fruits, which causes an increased rate of obesity.
The logo of "Chakula",
which is our brand and the word “Nutrition”
in Swahili, the official language of Africa.
Solution
We envision global support with multiple tailored versions of the
current product that match each country’s problems.
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Considering the economic limitations
and nutrition deficit
Using affordable and available resources such as insects and beans makes the product affordable and can be productized in Kenya.
Not only protein, but our product also contains carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and vitamins.
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AI and Machine Learning technology
to analyze users' data
The collected data is analyzed to provide nutrition information tailored to individual subjects and products in the form of pouches. Kenyan government officials and parents of children who use the Chakula service can track and manage individual nutrition information.
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Manage users' health in a customized way
We issued a patent for {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONAL NUTRITION CURATION SERVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE SAME}" in Korea to provide Chakula service.
We believe that Chakula service has great potential to even maximize
its tangibility to other developing countries are in need of improving children's nutrition.
