Danna is a one-year-old girl from a small Guatemalan village. She’s consistently had a difficult time eating and getting enough nutrition. Recently, the situation has worsened due to a bout of infections and problems with unemployment in her family. Danna is acutely malnourished, with virtually no growth in height or weight, and shows signs of delayed development.
Danna’s parents are attentive but they are having a difficult time making enough money to support themselves and their other children.
For $525, Danna will be able to start nutritional therapy. First, the medical team at our Guatemalan medical partner must do lab work to rule out anything else that might be contributing to the problem (such as thyroid disorders or anemia). Once that’s done, Danna will enroll in an “intensive oversight” nutritional program, which will provide extra moral and logistical support to her parents, teaching them how to best provide Danna with nutritional foods. Most importantly, Danna will receive food and nutritional supplements to get her back in good health!