Mother Administered Nutritive Aid

Background

MANA Nutrition is a company based in Matthews, North Carolina that seeks to develop and provide solutions to address the most severe cases of malnutrition across the globe. The company is the producer of MANA (Mother Administered Nutritive Aid), a ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) made of a fortified peanut paste that has been carefully formulated to provide a child’s basic nutritional needs – just three servings of MANA can save the life of a starving child. A non-profit run on business principles, MANA Nutrition also seeks to spread awareness of severe acute malnutrition and the 20 million children it affects every year.

Today, MANA Nutrition can produce as much as 21,000 kg (46,000 lbs) of MANA per day — enough to feed 1500 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition — and distributes it to Kenya, Sudan, Rwanda and Guatemala.

Leadership

In 2009, Mark Moore, with the help of Bret Raymond, David Todd Harmon and Brett Biggs, founded MANA Nutrition after a Senate hearing in which he found out that the current production of RUTF allowed it to reach only 3% of the starving children that needed it. MANA stands for Mother Administered Nutritive Aid, reflecting MANA Nutrition’s firm belief in the importance of mother-to-child care.

Mark (Co-Founder/CEO) spent nearly ten years working in eastern Uganda, serving as a rural community development worker and missionary. After returning to the United States, he earned a Master’s degree with an emphasis in development at Georgetown University. He has served as Legislative Fellow and Africa Specialist in the United States Senate for Senator Mary Landrieu, as an Africa Analyst for the Science Applications International Corporation, and as Policy Director for the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.

Prior to co-founding MANA, Mark co-founded Kibo Group, a development organization that houses numerous Africa projects.

Values

Quality – In every aspect of MANA Nutrition, we pay fanatical attention to quality.

Innovation – We understand that collaboration is important for innovation, so we will bring together experts from all backgrounds to discover the next big thing.

Responsibility – We understand our role as a corporate citizen and will act responsibly in every community in which we live and work.

Sustainability – We desire to make a long term difference in the lives of millions of people. This necessitates that we are around for the long haul.

Transparency – We will share as much as possible with anyone who wants to understand how we are using resources to accomplish our mission. And we will remain open to constructive ideas that enable us to be more effective with what has been entrusted to us.