Vitamin Angels-Becoming an international field partner

Vitamin Angels works with over 325 local NGOs and development organizations—our field
partners—to reach at-risk children with lifesaving and life changing micronutrients in nearly 50 countries.

Our network of field partners plays an integral role in executing our mission—they are the ones to directly distribute the vitamins we provide to the children and women who are most in need. These partners allow us to target underserved populations and those without access to facility-based health services because they have a local presence and intimate understanding of the communities being served. Together, we tailor every project to the individual needs of the population being served while ensuring distributions use proven methods consistent with accepted best practices.

Becoming an international field partner.
In 2014, through a network of locally-based development organizations with established programs in the field, Vitamin Angels' goal is to distribute vitamin A and multivitamins to 40 million at-risk children and mothers in over 40 countries.

Qualified organizations can apply for a grant from Vitamin Angels for any of the following commodities:

• 100,000 IU vitamin A for infants 6-11 months
• 200,000 IU vitamin A for children 12-59 months
• Albendazole (limited availability; donated with vitamin A only)
• Multivitamins for children 6-59 months
• Multivitamins for pregnant and lactating women

Vitamin Angels grants selected micronutrient commodities to qualified non-profit organizations able to connect essential micronutrients, especially vitamin A, with beneficiaries that meet three requirements, including:

1. Beneficiaries must be situated within selected countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America / Caribbean that have been identified by the WHO or UNICEF as vitamin A deficient priority countries (ie. experience moderate to severe VAD),
   Beneficiaries must be underserved with respect to access to essential micronutrients, generally meaning they meet one of the following criteria:
2. Grant recipients must target only beneficiaries 6-59 months of age, and/or pregnant or lactating women, AND
3. Beneficiaries must be underserved with respect to access to essential micronutrients, generally meaning they meet one of the following criteria:
   • Reside in a rural area without any immediate access to facility-based health care services, or
   • Reside in a rural area but may obtain routine health services through outreach or community-based services, or
   • Reside in an urban area without access to facility-based health care services, or
   • Reside in an urban area, have access to facility-based health care services, but the health service system does not have immediate access to essential micronutrients

Qualified non-profit organizations will further meet the following criteria:

• Permanent in-country facility with local professional staff,
• Registered as a locally recognized entity (i.e. non-governmental organization, clinic, etc) in the country in which micronutrient products will be distributed to beneficiaries,
• Serve a minimum of 1,000 children under 5 and/or 100 women with micronutrients,
• Be able to legally transport all donated product into the project country and clear customs appropriately without assistance from VA (NGOs that do not have a US based presence must be able to accept delivery of an international shipment and clear customs appropriately without assistance from VA),
• Have capacity to and plan to provide micronutrients to the same project areas for at least 3 years, and
• Agree to the terms and conditions listed in the grantee application.

Moreinfo: http://www.vitaminangels.org/become-field-partner