Felix Brooks-church

Biography

Having dedicated his adult life to ending micronutrient malnutrition, Felix Brooks-church co-founded and leads Sanku, an award-winning social enterprise based in Tanzania, working to combat hidden hunger and save lives by giving small mills the tools they need to fortify maize, an East African staple.

Before co-founding Sanku, Felix spent years in Southeast Asia improving children’s lives through education projects. During that time, he discovered the importance of nutrition as a preventative measure, understanding that adequate nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life could prevent the most common and tragic health problems before they occur.

Over the past decade, Felix has refined micronutrient delivery systems and developed economic models for sustaining small-scale flour fortification. He led all aspects of product development and engineering for the award winning Sanku Dosifier technology (2019 Time Magazine Invention of the Year, 2018 IoT Evolution Product of the Year, 2018 Fierce Innovation Award, and 2013 Ashoka Changemakers’ Grand Prize). Felix holds a BA in Geology from Oberlin College and has been selected by the Mulago Foundation as a Rainer Arnhold Fellow.

Sanku currently provides access to the basic human right of nutrition to 1.4 million East Africans and is on track to reach 25 million people by 2025.