Soy Program, San Ramon

Project Overview:
The Soy Program in San Ramon (San Salvador, EL SALVADOR) provides low-income families with soy products to supplement their daily nutrition. Under the direction of Dr. Juana Carballo, a local family physician, and Ana Greig, a North American woman who has worked in the community for 15 years, the nutritional program has achieved near perfect results in the recovery of weight and height for malnourished children under seven years old. The soy is distributed to families as soy flour, which they can then use to make soy milk (which is the successful nutritional supplement for children) and also in their cooking and baking. Staff and volunteers of the project are currently working to place the soy products they make in local markets and grocery stores. The sales of these items would increase the project’s income allowing it to stand on its own two feet more and more. Another strategy used by the Soy Program is its diner in San Salvador, which serves a soy-based menu. The project volunteers are working hard to make the diner a sustainable income generating activity of the Soy Program. This diner is a frequent stop on IPM Immersion Experience Programs to El Salvador.