Feed hungry children in Kenya

Summary

This project will provide nutritious food supplements for hungry children in an area of rural Kenya where a drought has caused food shortages progress report read updates from the field

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	£6 - provides a nutritious food supplement for a hungry malnourished child for one week
	£17 - provides food for the desperately poor family of a hungry child for one month
	£28 - provides a nutritious food supplement for a hungry malnourished child for one month
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

This project in rural eastern Kenya is treating child malnutrition in a poverty-stricken region where a drought has caused food shortages and hunger. Some families are desperately poor with no source of income. Large numbers of young children are seriously underweight and growth stunted. Some of them die from malnutrition and infections. Special food supplements that are very effective and inexpensive. Local community health workers will weigh the children regularly to monitor their growth.

Activities

In village health clinics children are weighed and measured to find those suffering most from hunger and malnutrition. Food supplements are given to the mothers of children most in need. The children are weighed regularly to monitor their progress. The desperately poor families with no income are given a food ration of beans and maiza (corn) each month.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £12,626
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £23,159
Total Funding Goal: £35,785

Additional Documentation

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

Resources

Project's External Homepage (http://www.GHP-USA.org)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will provide nutritious food supplements for the young children whose growth and development are seriously affected by malnutrition, so that they can survive until the food availability problem improves.

Project Message

As a nurse of Kisesini Dispensary I see many children suffering from hunger and malnutrition, without enough food in the home. The food supplements from GHP are vital to their recovery and growth
- Nicholas Mutuku, Government nurse, Kisesini Dispensary

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Angelo Tomedi,
Project Leader
P.O. Box 4385
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87196
United States
5055038891
Email:

Project Sponsor

Angelo Tomedi

Organisation

Global Health Partnerships Inc
P.O. Box 4385
Albuquerque, NM 87196
United States
505-554-6755
http://www.GHP-USA.org

Learn more about Global Health Partnerships Inc and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

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

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

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 14, 2011.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 19, 2009.

Latest Update from the Field

With your help, no hunger for the holidays

By Dr. Angelo Tomedi - Project leader, December 14, 2011 07:41 PM

Regina

Regina and Beatrice (see photos) are bright young girls who have recovered from malnutrition thanks to your generous support. They are among the many survivors of the devastation problem of child malnutrition who have been treated in the Global Health Partnerships (GHP) therapeutic feeding program.

Food insecurity is a daily challenge for families in this part of drought-prone Kenya. The volunteer community health workers (CHWs) who were trained by GHP weigh and measure young children in the villages so that children like Regina and Beatrice can be helped with a feeding program before they succumb to severe illness or death. Monitoring of child growth is done in the villages as well as the clinic. More children continue to be added to the feeding program, but others “graduate” and live healthy, active and productive lives.

Hunger does not take a vacation for the holidays. GHP will continue to feed the hungry, treat the malnourished and ill, and monitor their progress during the holidays and throughout the year with your support. Over 95% of the donations that GHP receives go directly into program services!

Beatrice

A family receiving food with your help

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