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Hope Is A Verb

Felix Brooks Church- How one small machine could end malnutrition in Africa

Jun 22, 2023
37:48

Meet Felix Brooks Church, a social entrepreneur who co-invented a small machine known as a "dosifier," which adds lifesaving nutrients to the staple food of communities in southern Africa. Felix and his team at SANKU have installed over 800 machines in local mills and are on a mission to reach 100 million people by 2030.

In this conversation Felix shares his journey from rising gridiron star to inventor and how he dragged his machine across the borders of African countries to test it in local mills. He talks us through the impact of "hidden hunger" and the simple but powerful technology that could eventually end malnutrition, and the potential of fortified maize flour to create a more abundant future.


FIND OUT MORE:

www.sanku.com

www.facebook.com/SankuPHC/

https://www.instagram.com/sankuphc/


We are proud to have SANKU as a Future Crunch charity partner and we’d like to thank our paying newsletter subscribers for their ongoing support. We donate a third of our subscription fees to support under the radar charities that are helping people and the planet. If you’re interested in becoming a subscriber, you can find out more at www.futurecrunch.com


This episode of “Hope Is A Verb” was hosted by Angus Hervey, Co-Founder of Future Crunch and Amy Davoren-Rose, Creative Director of Future Crunch.

The soundtrack for this podcast is “Rain,” composed and performed by El Rey Miel from their upcoming album "Sea the Sky". Audio sweetening by Anthony Badolato- Ai3 Audio and Voice. 

Special thanks to Tane Hunter, Sarah Green, Lisa Taylor, and our wonderful subscribers to the Future Crunch newsletter for helping us to make this happen. 

We would like to acknowledge that HOPE IS A VERB is recorded on the lands of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung People. These conversations are inspired by our charity partners and our Humankind Project that celebrates the people who are stitching our world back together. 

If you want to contact us, send an email at hope@futurecrunch.com.au

Transcriptions will be available on our website soon.

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