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Addressing Causes of Malnutrition in Women and Children in Six Remote Regions of Mugu District, Nepal
Mugu District, Nepal has an extremely high number of children U5 with global acute malnutrition. This project will sustainably address the immediate and underlying causes of malnutrition among 1,600 ‘left behind’ children U5. It will be the vital nutrition aspect of an integrated Health and Nutrition project. After 3yrs 800 ‘hard to reach’ female and male farmers will be producing green vegetables all year round, many families will receive additional cash income from crop sales. 3,000 women and 800 men will have increased knowledge of nutrition. The awareness of community opinion leaders around the importance of nutrition will be greatly increased. This will reduce rates of child malnutrition.
Overview
About this project
Mugu District, Nepal has an extremely high number of children U5 with global acute malnutrition. This project will sustainably address the immediate and underlying causes of malnutrition among 1,600 ‘left behind’ children U5. It will be the vital nutrition aspect of an integrated Health and Nutrition project. After 3yrs 800 ‘hard to reach’ female and male farmers will be producing green vegetables all year round, many families will receive additional cash income from crop sales. 3,000 women and 800 men will have increased knowledge of nutrition. The awareness of community opinion leaders around the importance of nutrition will be greatly increased. This will reduce rates of child malnutrition.
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