The Braveheart Project

with SPIRULINA

“One answer to malnutrition and

eradicate poverty by empowering
women”

Compiled & Prepared by:

Shilpa Katti, M.Sc Biotechnology,
Karnataka,India
 SHILPA KATTI

M.Sc. Biotechnology

Braveheart

Eradication of malnutrition

Empowering rural women

Defeat poverty and hunger

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 MALNUTRITION

Insufficent diet

Lack of sufficent nutrients to maintain healthy bodily

functions

Extreme poverty – developing countries

13 million children die each year due to malnutrition, i.e. 36

000 per day (UNICEF)

230 million children below the age of five suffer from

malnutrition

Delays in physical and intellectual growth, diminishes

immunitary defences, attracts infectious diseases
“Hunger is the gravest single threat to the world’s public
health” (WHO)

Mortality due to malnutrition – 58 % of total mortality in

2006 (WHO)
THE BEST SOLUTION

SPIRULINA
 What is Spirulina?

A simple, one-celled form of (blue green) algae that thrives in warm,

fresh-water bodies.

A ”Super food”!

It contains the most remarkable concentration and combination of

nutrients known in any food, plant, grain or herb.

65 - 70 % protein

Only requires sunlight and water to grow – i.e.

Inexpensiv to produce in tropical climates
 FIVE KEY ASSETS

It is cheap

It is effective

Relatively simple process – low investment cost

Provides income

Local business
 The Braveheart Project
Generate awareness about Spirulina
among local people and educate them how
to produce it.

Provide global market possibilities of

Spirulina to improve job opportunities in the
villages involved in the project.
 HOW?

”We believe in helping people to help themselves”

Participation – marginalized people are involved in

identifying the problems they face.

Empowerment – people who truly participate in their own

development are permanently strenghtened.

Involvement of women – helps in poverty alleviation

Sustainability – a long term approach that seeks to

understand and respect local conditions. Important to
Ensure that the natural resources and the environment of
the people are protected and sustained.
Stage 1: Procurement of seed culture and standardiztion in
laboratory.

Stage 2: Collection of interested individuals and NGOs to

install small scale industries.
 Once grants are anounced

Create awareness

Building large farms

Farms with training facilities

Providing free Spirulina

Create model village

Create the market

 Women as active participants of the farm

Spirulina tanks Collecting the harvest

Wet slurry is washed and collected Removing the moisture

 Collecting the harvest,
maintaining the parameters,
weighing the biomass
Various methods of pond
construction

Oval shaped ponds Huge indoor ponds round cemented ponds

Spirulina Cultivation essentially consists of 4
major steps

 Development of inoculam
 Culturing the Spirulina
 Seperation & washing of the bio-mass
 Drying or dehydration of bio-mass
The farm is an environmentally sound green food machine.

The size and complexity of a Spirulina farm depends on the

quantity needed, the number of emergency victims to
aid, the natural resources available, climate and
economic infrastructure

Spirulina can be easily mixed with yoghurt or fruit juices, or

added to salads and soups. It may also be available
primarly in tablet forms.
 TEAM TO PLAY THE ACTIVE ROLE

Mr Raj Kishore Gantayat , Rajgantayat@gmail.com. Business Administration and Law from Pune
University. He has given his dedicated service to TEACH INTERNATIONAL Association which has built a
good number of schools, hospitals, farming. hostels for the girls, provided safe drinking water indifferent
villages, developed fishing farms for the poor people in Jharkhand, Also helped build children homes for the
destitues and the orphans.

Ms Shilpa Katti, Phone +91 9986947089, e mail shilpakattibh@gmail.com Bachelor Science in

Microbiology, Biochemistry, Master Science degree in Biotechnology from SRM University in Chennai,
research studies on Breast cancer at Lakeshore Hospital, Kerala, Undergone training, learnt the process and
took courage to start the malnutrition campaign. Currently working as Managing trustee of Braveheart

Pastor. Dudley Jesuraj Ponniah, Phone +919342406891,e-mail DudleyPonniah@rediffmail.com

Education Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Bachelor of Theology,Clinical Pastoral Education (Psycho therapeutic
counselling) Last 24 years serving as vice president, president of an NGO. Currently working At Bangalore
Metro to Rehabilitate Commercial sex workers, runaway girls and AIDS patients.

Mr.Ratanarajasingham, Phone +91 9986614330, email 2008braveheart@gmail.com

Bachelors in Human Rights, Serving as Voluntary personnel to rehabilitate the Tsumani effected people and
refugees migrated to India from Sri Lanka and providing them skill training to earn self stainable income
generation. Currently working as program co ordinator to eradicate malnutrition.

Ms. Jayashree Laipubam Phone +91 9880891971 e mail jayashree.laipubam@gmail.com

Bachelors Science and Master Science in Biotechnology,
Currently working as Lab Chemist at Bangalore, India. Interested to be a full time in this project to work
against malnutrition, as technical personnel.
THANK YOU