Keshia is a 12-month-old baby with malnutrition. She lives in a small bamboo house in the mountains, where her family has limited access to electricity and water. Her father, a farmer, cannot afford to provide a nutritious diet for Keshia.
One out of five children under the age of five in communities served by our medical partner, International Care Ministries (ICM), is either severely or moderately acutely malnourished. Worldwide, poor nutrition is associated with nearly half of all deaths in young children. In remote communities and urban slums of the Philippines, the lack of clean water and unclean environments increase risk for potentially fatal childhood diseases.
Fortunately, Keshia began ICM's malnutrition treatment program on October 17, 2016.
ICM runs a Home-Based Feeding program to provide nutrient-enriched food packs and ensure malnourished children get the right nutrients to regain normal weight and achieve optimum physical and mental development. After identifying a child as malnourished, staff and community volunteers make weekly visits to monitor this child’s progress. To help sustain the health of the child, ICM's professional staff educate the mother, guardian or other family members about proper nutrition, sanitation, hygiene, and organic vegetable gardening.
Now, Keshia's parents need help to fund this $184 treatment.