Home // Stories // Their Daily Bread

Their Daily Bread

Improving health, one piece of bread at a time

Millions of Egyptians suffer from poor nutrition, with side effects including birth defects and miscarriages. The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) started a program to fortify Baladi Bread – the staple food of Egypt’s poorest – with essential amino acids and vitamins that they weren’t getting. The results are impressive and one family’s newest member is living proof.

Have you been inspired by this story?

Yes / No

That’s great. Now help spread the word of the incredible progress being achieved.

Sorry! Tell us why below and then why not check out some other stories on the site.

What do you think?

Join the fight against extreme poverty

Backed by a movement of more than 2.5 million ONE members, we hold world leaders to account for the commitments they've made to fight extreme poverty, and we campaign for better development policies, more effective aid and trade reform. We also support greater democracy, accountability and transparency to ensure policies to beat poverty are implemented effectively.

Join ONE
We are close to wiping out guinea worm

Fact: We are close to wiping out guinea worm

This disease has been eliminated in all but four countries, and cases have been reduced from 547,575 in 1991 to 3,109 cases in 2009.

Real Proof