Malnourished Boy and sick need your favor

SALIMADI (SAVE LIFE MAKE DIFFERENCE )

BUJUMBURA BURUNDI

25771452395

Project report :  malnutrition kids need your suport again 

At 56 percent, Burundi's child stunting prevalence is among the highest in the world; stunting levels among children under 5 have only dropped by 2 percentage points between 2010 and 2016–2017. Similarly, underweight and wasting prevalence’s have remained virtually unchanged over the same period.

In several provinces of Burundi, numerous children suffer from malnutrition, primarily caused by poverty and lack of information.
Among them, some suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), a condition that directly threatens their survival.
Children with severe acute malnutrition have weakened immune systems,
making them highly susceptible to common diseases such as malaria, respiratory infections, and intestinal parasites,
and they are at greater risk of death. To address this severe acute malnutrition, salimadi, with support from GG,
tirelessly combats this devastating crisis.

Some family shares the impact of the project on her daughter's health: "Her body was changing, she was losing her hair and vomiting after every meal. But after starting the treatment, my daughter improved; she is much better now. Honestly, I don't know what I would have done without the help received." She was gravely ill, suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), and her mother feared for her life due to the many challenges and the lack of means to treat her. Today, she is getting well.

We need your support for starting 2025 and we will be able to report the product for your next support

The beneficiaries of this project are children under 5 years old. According to head of the Kwisumo health center, the project's support helps many families. "We try to follow up well, and we notice that there is really a change within the community," he explains. The screening of acute malnutrition cases follows a well-defined process. Trained community health workers consult the children; cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) without medical complications are referred to the outpatient therapeutic service, while those with complications are directed to the district hospital for therapeutic stabilization. Follow-up sessions for outpatient SAM children take place once a week, every Thursday

However, despite this support, many challenges persist. Due to the poverty of families, medicines intended for sick children are often shared with the whole family. Some families consider these medicines as food and believe that a child cannot consume them alone. This delays the recovery of sick children, and sometimes children are treated for a longer period than expected. "This situation leads to an insufficiency of inputs, as prolonged use for the same child depletes resources more quickly. This poses a major challenge for us," explains Wilson, thanking the project and the support they receive.

Since the beginning of this project Save life Make difference has been received $250 and has been shared to 5 family of kids of malnutrition

Save Life Make difference

Bujumbura

11/09/2024