Miracle or Science?
Moringa grows precisely where people need it most.

Countries where Moringa grows...

Countries where Moringa is needed most...

Countries with 20-35% of population malnourished
Countries with 5-19% of population malnourished

Some call it a miracle. Could it also be good science?

Anecdotal evidence and preliminary studies suggest that Moringa leaves could be a valuable weapon to combat malnutrition. In Senegal , Moringa is given by local hospitals to patients. When Maissata, a 22-year-old mother, gave birth to her baby Awa, the premature infant weighed only 3 pounds. Awa has not expected to live.

“ I had no hope for my baby's life,” said Maissata. “She was so thin! And I was having problems myself. I was very weak and suffering from dizziness, and I was not producing enough milk for my baby.”

She was given a bag of Moringa powder and instructed how to use it. “I began adding leaf powder to my food. A couple times I even put some powder in the formula for my baby.”

Five months after her birth, Awa was a healthy 12 pound baby. Maissata says “It was the Moringa! After I started eating it, my dizziness went away, and I started producing enough milk. I felt healthier, and both the baby and I began gaining weight.”

This experience and many more life-saving stories are being documented in several developing countries.

* Documented by Lowell Fuglie in 1999.