Stichting Hubi en Vinciane
Bestrijding van ondervoeding in 2021 bij kinderen jonger dan 5 jaar in de regio Borgou - Benin
2021
BENIN
Fight malnutrition in children (0-5 years) through screening, treatment and follow-up, in order to improve the condition of more than 80% of them.
Support
€ 24,000This project includes the following activities:
- Support 12 local animators in the systematic screening of malnutrition in children between 0 and 5 years of age;
- Systematic "detection door to door" in 64 villages in the municipality of N'Dali, Tchaourou and Parakou;
- Screening of 19,000 children and determining the level of malnutrition of these children;
- Treating malnourished children in the villages, in the health centres or in the regional hospitals of Boko and Papané;
- Follow up the condition of malnourished children after treatment through weekly visits in the 64 villages.
The objectives are :
- To reduce the percentage of malnourished children by sensitising and training pregnant women, parents of young children and grandparents.
- To improve the percentage of "cured" children after treatment, with the aim of successfully treating more than 80% of severely malnourished children by 2021.
- To organise preventive cooking demonstrations on malnutrition in the villages.