Nutrition Support
Over
the last few years SoHUG has identified many children
with severe malnutrition, this is either because of lack of enough
adequate
food or because of poor feeding habits among children with disability
(especially cerebral palsy). Research shows that there is a close
relationship
between Cerebral palsy and malnutrition. Kids with Cerebral Palso
often have poor appetite, problems with digestion or poor
swallowing. Over
the years we have noticed that feeding
of the child impacts the development of the child. Sadly,
over the
last three years we have lost 50 children due to malnutrition.
Ninety-percent of
these
children have been due to swallowing and feeding difficulties.
Currently
we
work in the following three ways:
As funds increase, we hope to help more than the 31 kids we currently help with nutrition supplementation. If you would like to sponsor kids who need nutrition support, please follow the link to givengain or Stewardship.
Currently
we
work in the following three ways:Giving food supplies
Educating parents
Assessing the child's progress
As funds increase, we hope to help more than the 31 kids we currently help with nutrition supplementation. If you would like to sponsor kids who need nutrition support, please follow the link to givengain or Stewardship.
