Malnutrition deprives 6,500 mothers of their children every day. Unnecessarily. Give them life! In addition to the immediate treatment of acutely malnourished children with Plumpy' Nut, we focus primarily on addressing the causes of malnutrition. We approach its treatment comprehensively - we teach mothers how to diversify and expand their diet, we connect our help in the field of agriculture, nutrition, access to safe drinking water and proper hygiene.
Fighting Child Malnutrition
Charity Project - The Charity Project "Fighting Child Malnutrition" People in Need saves lives of malnourished children and teaches their mothers how to take care of preventing diseases. The goal is to raise CZK 1,300,000 to ensure a better future for 1,000 children.
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NEZ00012
Fighting Child Malnutrition
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Fighting Child Malnutrition
Fighting child malnutrition
Save children' s lives with us
The extremely nutritious therapeutic product called Plumpy' Nut contains all the nutrients needed for a treatment that lasts 6-8 weekwith. The first 10 days of treatment cost 260 CZK.
We pay attention to nutritional balance
In the fight against malnutrition, we prepare sample menus made to measure so that they are available to even the poorest people. It includes training on topics such as good hygiene and child health care.
They said about the project
"Díky školení Člověka v tísni zaměřenému na zlepšení výživy jsem se naučila do jídelníčku začlenit rybu, maniokové a jiné listy či arašídy. I now cook porridge in several different waywith. I watch as my baby begins to gain weight. Navíc teď mohu naučit i ostatní, jak mají pro své děti připravit nutričně bohaté jídlo z lokálních surovin, " popisuje maminka Mutete ze Zambie.
About People in Need
A Man in Need, Fr. p. with. is a Czech non-governmental non-profit organization that has existed since 1992. We provide immediate humanitarian aid and help people stand on their own two feet. We work in the Czech Republic and abroad. We support the education of children, we help the poorest and most vulnerable, we support human rights defenders. We respect the values of mutual assistance, solidarity and humanism.
Project guarantor
Šimon Pánek is the co-founder and executive director of People in Need. He was born in Prague and studied at the Faculty of Science, Charles University. He was one of the student leaders of the Velvet Revolution. Since 2017, he has been the chairman of the Prague Civil Society Center, which operates in the countries of the former Soviet Union. In 2003 he won the European of the Year award, in 2010 the Memory of the Nation Award and this year the state award of the Medal of Merit. He is a lecturer in European Leadership & Academic Institute (ELAI).
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