NIAMEY, Niger, 18 May 2007 -- Two years after Niger's severe nutrition crisis, the sight of undernourished children is less common than it was, but chronic malnutrition still affects more than 50 percent of the country's young children. And 10 per cent of Niger's children suffer from acute malnut...
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affected villages of Ethiopias Boricha district bring their children to be weighed and measured at the Yirba Health Centre. Health extension workers weigh and measure the mid-upper arm circumference, or MUAC, of the children after which they will receive their weekly ration of the ready-to-use t...
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which is rich with minerals, high quality proteins and fats. UNICEF also supports 30 in-patient stabilization centres where children with the most severe cases of undernutrition receive round-the-clock medical care. I sometimes dont have work and cant provide for my children, so they get malnour...
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TURKANA, Kenya, 31 October 2008 Turkana district in northern Kenya is on the brink of disaster. There's been no rain for months, the forecast is grim and thousands of children are at risk. Martha is a mother of six with her seventh on the way. In her small grass shelter, there's no food in the ...
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NEW YORK, USA, 28 May 2008 -- Prices of basic foodstuffs are rising across the globe, and with them the spectre of hunger on a massive scale. But where hunger can be battled with less than perfect solutions -- as in Haiti, where some people must resort to eating mud cakes -- the long-term effect ...
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Two years after Niger's severe nutrition crisis, the sight of undernourished children is less common than it was, but chronic malnutrition still affects more than 50 percent of the country's young children. And 10 per cent of Niger's children suffer from acute malnutrition, even when the harvests...
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A child grows up in Eastern Ethiopia. He eventually gets malnurished.. until a little thing we call plumpy nut. The kid died 5 years later of numerous blood poisining from contaminated water. I hope you guys get inspiration from this.
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WILL WORK FOR FOOD is an innovative non-profit with the goal of combining local community service with international relief. We encourage our participants to fulfill a work effort by bettering their own community and to then ask family or friends to sponsor their service with a suggeste...
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