accute malnutrition

Child mortality is such a big issue here that many families do not give their children a name before the age of 4 because so many children don't survive. Malnutrition contributes, directly or indirectly, to 35% of those deaths. We decided to do something about it.

In two urban slums surrounding our city we are beginning a project to help children who suffer from accute malnutrition. We will begin by assessing every child in the slums - there are thousands. For those with moderate accute malnutrition we will provide food supplements for 6 months. For those with sever accute malnutrition we will refer them to the local pediatric hospital.

The picture above is from one of the child assessments.

I have a great job and appreciate that I now know the faces of those we are helping rather than reading it in a report thousands of miles away!