Emergency Family Relief Food and Nutrition Support

This report will elaborate on the progress made for the months of July to September. There were several initiatives that were undertaken during these three months, they include:

1. Onsite feeding.

Over 2335 meals between July and September. A total number of 684 children have benefited from this onsite feeding project, whereby 378 are boys and 306 are girls.  During the one-week school holiday break, we didn’t manage to prepare meals for the children due to limited funding. In August, the board members and friends who support programs managed to visit and share a meal with our community children.

     2. Dry Family Relief Food.

  During this period, we managed to provide dry family food to 35 families. The dry foods distributed were rice, maize flour and nutritious porridge flour. These food packages were given to vulnerable families to ease the hunger problems they were facing

     3. PRE-LACT activities.

This is a group made up of pregnant and lactating women. The aim is to provide maternal nutritional education to these women. So far the response has been very positive. We have been able to identify cases and address them accordingly. For example, we picked one case of a teenage mother of two children, one child is two years old while the other one is 6 months old.  She was enrolled into the program while also being provided with porridge support to feed her two children.

Challenges.

• During the rainy season, it is very difficult to serve the children as they are always sitting outside while eating. Please consider supporting us in purchasing permanent land where we can build a dining hall for the children to sit.
• We need funds to provide meals for children during the holidays, please consider supporting us or urge your friends to support our programs.
• For the dry family food, it has been difficult to reach out to many vulnerable families who are in dire need of assistance due to limited funding. 

This report covers the progress made in the months of March, April and May. During this period, The Ngao Foundation managed to serve an average of 250 children every Saturday and served 2563 meals between the months of March to May. A total number of 889 children have benefited from this onsite feeding project, whereby 410 are boys and 479 are girls. The youngest child who has benefited from this project is 9 months. On 20th May we did a nutrition assessment whereby 147 children benefitted from Vitamin A and dewormers. We did this in collaboration with the Gichagi health facility centre.

During the April holidays, we also provided daily porridge to 24 vulnerable children. The Ngao Foundation continues to provide nutritional education to Pregnant and lactating women in the community through the PRE-LACT group, this group currently consists of 16 members who attend the session every Thursday, within the last three months, the group has covered topics on; complementary feeding, feeding HIV-exposed children, feeding non-breast-fed children, a talk on malnutrition and interpreting the height/age & weight/ age charts.

Challenges.

Many children still experience hunger, especially in informal settlements. The drought and high cost of living are forcing children to engage in criminal activities to get money for food and loiter in the streets to beg for food. We are providing meals for them and also creating activities and a safe space for them to explore their talents however this is not enough we still need your support. We look forward to you being part of the July bonus day coming up on 12th July 2023.

This report will highlight the progress made for the months of November, December and January.

The ngao foundation continues to cook meals for children every Saturday of the week. Due to the increased rate of hunger cases, the numbers have increased from 123 to 215 attendance (the majority being children under the age of 10) every Saturday. This means that the budget for food increased to ensure that the children are well fed. 

The organisation also carried out nutrition assessment and administration of vitamin D and dewormers. This was done in collaboration with the Gichagi health centre. 71 children under the age of 10 were involved in this exercise, 46 of these children were found to be healthy, 18 were on the verge of falling into the malnutrition category, and 7 were found to be having malnutrition cases. These children were placed under special nutrition, they were given special porridge and the health care specialist assigned a special diet for them. The Ngao Foundation and the parents of these 7 children sat down and came up with a collaborative initiative to ensure the issue of malnutrition is eliminated.

The organisation provided dry food to women who live in the informal settlements, they were also trained on the importance of preparing a balanced diet in their homes. They were also shown how to practice home gardening on a small scale to provide food such as vegetables to their families.

THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT  TO THIS PROJECT.

CHALLENGES.

The problem of hunger coupled with the high cost of living is affecting many families in Kenya especially informal settlements this has affected children mostly and we continue to request your help through your donations.

This report will describe the progress made for the months of July, August and September. During this period the following progress has been made. 

The onsite feeding activities continue to benefit many children in Kangemi and other neighbourhoods. During this time the record of children increased by 27. We are averaging 277 children who come for meals every Saturday. Occasionally we were able to add bananas to the meals as part of providing and maintaining a properly balanced diet for the children. The increase in this number is due to the high cost of living. Many families are not able to afford food.

The ngao foundation also managed to give dry food to a total of 15 families during this time. The foundation has also introduced porridge to children who are under the age of 10 and are at risk of facing malnutrition beneficiaries of this initiative are 23. Cases of hunger are also affecting families in informal settlements as confirmed in most of our data.

We also introduced mother-to-child nutrition training activity, the aim of this activity is to provide nutritional knowledge to pregnant women and lactating mothers. Those mothers whose children were at risk of malnutrition were offered a packet of porridge flour and relief food to try and mitigate the challenge.

Challenges.

The increase in the high cost of living has resulted in many children facing starvation, this has also resulted in an increased number of children and even grown-ups showing up for meals. We are seeking more funds to make sure that no child goes to sleep on an empty stomach.

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This report will summarize the progress made for the months of March, April, and May.  Up to date, this program has managed to support over 13278 vulnerable children thanks to our donors and other partners, the task is not over yet many vulnerable children still need your assistance.

During this period The Ngao Foundation carried out nutrition assessment and administration of vitamin A to children under the age of 5 years. These activities were done in collaboration with the local health centre. These activities aimed to track those children who are experiencing cases of malnutrition and provide the necessary assistance to them and their families.

Over 185 children were given vitamin A and deworming tablets, out of 185, 25 were found to be malnourished. Their parents were contacted to discuss how they can be supported to ensure that these children are well fed.

CHALLENGES.

The number of children coming to get food at The Ngao Foundation has increased a lot since they can't be ignored, The ngao Foundation has fed them but this effort has been enough because even during holidays these children are at the foundation seeking food. Due to our limited resources, we are struggling to feed these children, that is why we are urging you to support us even more. Refer your friends, colleagues and families to be part of this great cause, your donations and support will be highly appreciated.

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