Children in Bolivia represent half of the population (10 million people) and face enormous challenges to their welfare and development. Two thirds of them live in poverty. A quarter are malnourished. For these children, survival of their early years is incredibly difficult. With your support, more than 10,000 targeted schoolchildren in pre- and elementary schools in El Alto and Beni will improve their health, hygiene and nutrition practices.
Children in Bolivia represent half of the population (10 million people) and face enormous challenges to their welfare and development. Two thirds of them live in poverty. A quarter are malnourished. Almost all kids go to school now, but few of them learn to read and go on to secondary education, because they get diarrhea from dirty water or are too tired to learn from anemia and worms. And young girls skip school all together when they get their period.
With support your support more than 10,000 targeted schoolchildren in pre- and elementary schools in El Alto and Beni will improve their health, hygiene and nutrition practices. Children will benefit from better access to health services and increased knowledge of healthy practices. They will also be better protected and empowered to know their rights. Teachers and parents, will learn how to stay healthy and create protective and nurturing spaces for children.
Through the advocacy component of this program we will work with authorities and key stakeholders at district, municipal and departmental level in order to help build a nationwide school health and nutrition program that can benefit millions of children in Bolivia. The impact on children will be reflected in the improvement of chronic malnutrition, preventative illnesses and obesity, as well as learning outcomes.
This project has provided additional documentation in a DOCX file (projdoc.docx).
