Rescue a Malnourished Child in Guatemala

He was born in Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa in the department of Escuintla the 29^th of September, 2015. His mother is a single mother. Her husband left her because he didn’t want to take responsibility for his family. He is an alcoholic and was very aggressive towards Vladimir’s mother. Because of this his mother no longer wanted to take care of him and stopped feeding him and taking care of him as she should.

The boy's grandmother helped her daughter and grandson after the separation. She realized that her daughter was not taking care of him, that she wasn’t feeding him and his health was no longer important to her. The grandmother made the decision to take Vladimir to the National Hospital in Escuintla where he stayed for a week. After he recovered he was referred to Casa Jackson where he was admitted with severe malnutrition and was in rehabilitation for 5 months at which time he had the ideal weight for his height and age.

His grandmother takes him to Casa Jackson once a month to evaluate him and make sure that he is still at the ideal weight. He also receives milk and medicine when he visits.His mother is receiving psychological care to recover from the abuse that she suffered at the hands of her ex-husband. She is also receives talks on responsible parenting so that she can better take care of him.

Thanks to the help of the God´s Child Project and Casa Jackson the child’s family receives the support that they need to overcome the problems that they have faced and he will likely have a normal life and his mother will be able to take care of him and give him the love that he needs.

This infant is originally from a town called Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in the department of Escuintla, Guatemala. His mother is 19 years old and dropped out of school after 8^th grade because her father no longer wanted to help her pay for her education. She left home because she decided to start a family with a young man from Colombia. The relationship was going really well until the father of the infant started hitting the mother every day. She got tired of being beaten every day so she took her baby and left her husband.

The mother did not eat well while she was pregnant with this little baby and was beaten by her husband which caused him to be born prematurely with anemia and delayed development. She did not have support of her father because he did not want her back in the house and her mother passed away from uterine cancer. After a year they detected that the mother suffered from mild malnutrition and the baby suffered from severe malnutrition so the mother took her baby to the health center in Escuintla where she was referred to Casa Jackson Nutritional Center.

Currently this infant is progressing in his treatment. His weight has improved a great deal and he now has his level of malnourishment is now moderate. Every day his health is improving and so is his mother’s because she also receives food every day.

His mother is thankful for the support of Casa Jackson Nutritional Center and everyone that donates to the project to help support families and children in need.