Provide nutritious food for malnourished children

Hi 

I am Neelam Health Project Nurse with the latest project update.

I thought you might like to know how this project works. You have read in previous updates  about the huge problem in India of malnourished children and Bihar has more than its share of stunted and hungry children.

It is amazing what a nutritious meal full of goodness can do to promote child health. From our own records we have eliminated malnutrition in the village with children for the first time ever growing at normal levels.

But the community themselves cook and prepare the food, they know that sometimes mothers will starve themselves making sure the children get their food first so in such cases they help ensure the mothers get some food also , they are looking out for each other.

Here’s what Maya, a village woman says,

“The meals brings us together in a positive way, we work together to prepare the best food for our children and other vulnerable villagers . Our village is poor we are all from the caste they call mussahars “rat eaters” Life is a struggle but it is a relief to know that this meal will help keep our children healthy and well. This is a wonderful thing”

It is a paradox that when you  think of the development of India in recent times that none of it has reached these villages in Bihar . None of it.

This is from the Times of India newspaper,

PATNA: Eighty-seven per cent of the rural population and 61% of urban residents in Bihar had calorie deficiency during 2013-14, as per reports of National Sample Survey Office. In fact, Bihar ranked 74th (alarming zone) in the global hunger index of 88 countries, according to a Survey of India State Hunger Index 2008.

The problem is very serious and I want to thank for your help in making sure that in at least in one at least one village in Bihar children will grow up with normal growth rates..

May I wish you all the best for the festive season

Neelam

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