Emergency Family Relief Food and Nutrition Support

This report covers the progress made in the months of March, April and May. During this period, The Ngao Foundation managed to serve an average of 250 children every Saturday and served 2563 meals between the months of March to May. A total number of 889 children have benefited from this onsite feeding project, whereby 410 are boys and 479 are girls. The youngest child who has benefited from this project is 9 months. On 20th May we did a nutrition assessment whereby 147 children benefitted from Vitamin A and dewormers. We did this in collaboration with the Gichagi health facility centre.

During the April holidays, we also provided daily porridge to 24 vulnerable children. The Ngao Foundation continues to provide nutritional education to Pregnant and lactating women in the community through the PRE-LACT group, this group currently consists of 16 members who attend the session every Thursday, within the last three months, the group has covered topics on; complementary feeding, feeding HIV-exposed children, feeding non-breast-fed children, a talk on malnutrition and interpreting the height/age & weight/ age charts.

Challenges.

Many children still experience hunger, especially in informal settlements. The drought and high cost of living are forcing children to engage in criminal activities to get money for food and loiter in the streets to beg for food. We are providing meals for them and also creating activities and a safe space for them to explore their talents however this is not enough we still need your support. We look forward to you being part of the July bonus day coming up on 12th July 2023.

This report will highlight the progress made for the months of November, December and January.

The ngao foundation continues to cook meals for children every Saturday of the week. Due to the increased rate of hunger cases, the numbers have increased from 123 to 215 attendance (the majority being children under the age of 10) every Saturday. This means that the budget for food increased to ensure that the children are well fed. 

The organisation also carried out nutrition assessment and administration of vitamin D and dewormers. This was done in collaboration with the Gichagi health centre. 71 children under the age of 10 were involved in this exercise, 46 of these children were found to be healthy, 18 were on the verge of falling into the malnutrition category, and 7 were found to be having malnutrition cases. These children were placed under special nutrition, they were given special porridge and the health care specialist assigned a special diet for them. The Ngao Foundation and the parents of these 7 children sat down and came up with a collaborative initiative to ensure the issue of malnutrition is eliminated.

The organisation provided dry food to women who live in the informal settlements, they were also trained on the importance of preparing a balanced diet in their homes. They were also shown how to practice home gardening on a small scale to provide food such as vegetables to their families.

THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT  TO THIS PROJECT.

CHALLENGES.

The problem of hunger coupled with the high cost of living is affecting many families in Kenya especially informal settlements this has affected children mostly and we continue to request your help through your donations.