Nourishing 500 Children in Ho, Ghana

Summary

We partner with the Ghana Health Service to fund community health and outreach projects at the H.O.P.E. Center, a primary health clinic in Ho, Ghana. The principle project that began in 2006 is used to fortify the diets of malnourished children in the Ho area with protein and vegetable supplements in conjunction with promoting sustainability through seed distribution. progress report read updates from the field

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	£6 - Will buy enough maize and peanuts to support a family for one month
	£16 - Will provide transportation to 4 peer educators for food demonstrations in the nearby villages
	£32 - Will buy 1 50 kg bag of soybean seeds for demonstration farm
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In Ho, the local diet of consists of very carbohydrate-heavy meals that often lack protein content necessary for proper growth and nutrition. As a result, a recent study has shown that 45% of children under the age of 5 in the Ho region are underweight for their height. As an intervention, we have established a child nutrition program, which teaches mothers how to properly supplement the diets of their children with protein-rich soybeans.

Activities

The program recently began training mothers in two of eight neighboring communities to become peer educators, monitoring the progress of soybean crops and growth of underweight children in their villages. Recently, a new phase to the project has been added incorporating vegetable crop monitoring and distribution to mothers of malnourished children.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £15,584
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £0
Total Funding Goal: £15,271

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

This project will improve the quality of clinical care through the diagnostic lab, and will reduce child malnutrition in Ho, from 45% to 15%, over the next five years.

Project Message

I came to work here for the Nutrition Program. The way we serve the community really makes an impact and I love seeing it every day with the mothers and children that come into the H.O.P.E. Center.
- Love Agboka, Head Nurse of The H.O.P.E. Center

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Deepa Ramadurai,
Co-President
GlobeMed
1921 Sherman Avenue, Unit GN
Evanston, IL 60208
United States
630-862-0444
Email:

Project Sponsor

Center for Global Engagement, Northwestern Univ

Organisation

GlobeMed at Northwestern
620 Library Place
Evanston, IL 60208
United States
(847) 467-2143
http://www.globemed.org

Learn more about GlobeMed at Northwestern and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Ghana and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Ghana, read the Human Development Report on Ghana or the Wikipedia entry for Ghana.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on January 31, 2012.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on April 25, 2008.

Latest Update from the Field

Help Save the Malnourished Children of Ghana

By Ragini Bhushan - Director of Individual Giving, January 31, 2012 01:49 PM

1 in 2 children past infancy in Ghana will die due to malnutrition. Malnutrition among children in Ghana is a problem that has yet to be solved, but GlobeMed at Northwestern is working alongside the H.O.P.E Center to help resolve it with our Nutrition Program. We have raised $15,000 for the Malnutrition Program this school year, but with the New Year in mind, we have set high resolutions as we want to continue to help the countless children in need. Please help us start 2012 strong by helping us support the Malnutrition Program. Thank you so much for your continued support and for all your help with the Winter Individual Giving Campaign, which was our most successful campaign ever!

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