Iowa soy feeds African orphans, others in need.
After traveling more than 8,700 miles across land and ocean, a shipment of textured soy protein Soy protein is generally regarded as the storage protein held in discrete particles called protein bodies which are estimated to contain at least 60–70% of the total soybean protein. (TSP) from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has reached its southern Africa destination in Zimbabwe. The 348 bags of TSP will provide 200,000 servings of high-protein food for orphans, pregnant women, people living with HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. and others in need. Cargill, Rotary International and the World Initiative made the donation possible for Soy in Human Health (WISHH WISHH World Initiative for Soy in Human Health ) Program, which is a program that works with food aid organizations and is supported by the Iowa Soybean soybean, soya bean, or soy pea, leguminous plant (Glycine max, G. soja, or Soja max) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Asia, where it has been Promotion Board.
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