malnutrition
One of the groups from our previous project in Tower Hamlets, bringing mothers and children together to talk about nutrition
To mark the end of Ramadan, Women and Children First is announcing a new project with support from the Access Foundation, to improve child nutrition among Bengali-speaking communities in the borough of Tower Hamlets in London.
These will help 100 parents and their children towards better diets, giving them the best chance to reach their potential.
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A community health group meet to discuss sexual and reproductive health issues, led by an MSI family planning promoter (Source: MSI Reproductive Choices)
Over 1,100 women in Amhara, Ethiopia worked together to improve their sexual and reproductive health. This is thanks to the pilot of community health groups focussed on these issues, run in partnership with MSI Reproductive Choices.
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Annemijn Sondaal, Programmes Manager, with the health officials being trained in how to run community health groups, using the PLA methodology
Women and Children First has been working in Tanzania training local health officials to organise and run community health groups. The groups, starting this summer, will support pregnant women to address critical maternal health problems such as malnutrition and anaemia.
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A Kenyan child with his father
In a surprise development Women and Children First will be able to continue working in Kenya to research and develop community health groups, involving fathers in a bid to improve their children’s health and nutrition.
UK Aid Funding for this project has been restored, meaning the project with our partner can continue and children can benefit.
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Baby Miriam, who got malaria from a mosquito bite in Uganda, putting her young life at risk (Photo: CUAMM)
Uganda is at risk from climate change. The country is witnessing longer, more unpredictable rainy seasons. This increases the risk of malaria and malnutrition, both of which can be fatal. Women and Children First is working with our partners in Uganda to help people affected.
The story of one mother, Agnes, and her 8-month-old baby, Miriam, features in today’s Daily Mirror.
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Joseph Saopa, the group leader, leading a cookery demonstration, with his students watching
Women’s health groups, through fortnightly cooking demonstrations and nutrition classes, have prevented further cases of child malnutrition in the village of Msonthe within just three years.
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