Sight and Life Extend Vitamin Angels Partnership

KAISERAUGST, GermanySight and Life, the non-profit think tank from DSM, has extended its partnership with Vitamin Angels for the distribution of vitamin A capsules to children at risk for vitamin A deficiency and related consequences, such as blindness. As such, Sight for Life will give Vitamin Angels the responsibility for both the management of direct distribution of vitamin A and Sight and Lifes initiatives intended to catalyze locally sustainable vitamin A supply and distribution systems.

"The close collaboration with Sight and Life will strengthen our collective ability to reach especially those children six to 59 months experiencing vitamin A deficiency who reside in families at the bottom 30 percent of the income pyramid, by more formally aligning and drawing upon the respective core strengths of each organization," said Howard Schiffer, president and founder of Vitamin Angels.

Klaus Kraemer, director of Sight and Life, said extending the partnership will further strengthen local supply and distribution capacity; mobilize communities and governments; foster the creation of public-private partnerships to combat, in particular, vitamin A deficiency; and improve the lives of millions of children and women.