Feeding 175 hungry malnourished children in Kenya

Summary

This project will provide nutritious food supplements for 175 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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	£7 - provides a nutritious food supplement for a hungry malnourished child for one week
	£28 - provides a nutritious food supplement for a hungry malnourished child for one month
	£57 - provides a sturdy weighing scale for a community health worker to monitor child growth
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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. 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, inexpensive and locally available are provided to the children. 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

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £3,339
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £32,446
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 175 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
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Project Sponsor

Angelo Tomedi

Organisation

Global Health Partnerships Inc
P.O. Box 4385
Albuquerque, NM 87196
United States
505-503-8891
http://www.GHP-USA.org

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

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 July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

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

Latest Update from the Field

Kenyan Children Improving with the Help of GHP Sponsors

By Brian Johnson - GHP Treasurer, June 09, 2010 10:21 AM

Child Receiving PlumbyNut from Nurse Nicholas

A child being treated with food supplements

A community health worker weighing a child

Over 100 children have been successfully treated for malnutrition due to the generosity of the supporters of this project. Children like Naomi (photo) who came close to dying from severe malnutrition have recovered completely thanks to a $45 monthly donation for the food supplements. In Kenya about 1 in 10 children die before reaching 5 years of age, and more than half of those childhood deaths are from malnutrition. Children suffering from malnutrition sometimes die from complications, even after treatment has started. There have been no deaths thus far in our treatment group of young children, and we hope to continue this successful program with close monitoring of child growth and a continuous supply of the special food supplements until recovery of each child is assured.

Please let us know how we may better present our story so that we can increase our base of support and better meet the needs of the children of Kisesini.

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