Improve nutrition of 150 children in Cusco

Dear friends.

In the last months we achieve big goals in the project "Improve nutrition of 150 children in Cusco"

The Miski Wawa project IX was implemented during 2014 in the communities of Paraiso de Fátima and Satélite, belonging to the district of San Sebastian, province and department of Cusco.

When the project began it was found that 59% of children were in a malnourished state (considering children at risk, chronic, acute and global malnutrition) and at the end of the project, 17% of this population have improved their nutritional status.

To achieve this results these activities have been performed:

BUSINESS ADVICE TO MOTHERS

Raised awareness of how to manage small business and/or encouraged the mothers to initiate a small business.

The project was reinforced with workshops of capacity building in business management or individual management, the project was monitoring and advising the mother to make a plan for the proper administration of their business.  Mothers who took initiative to start their own business were prioritized.

TRAINING WORKSHOPS AND BALANCED FOOD DEMONSTRATION SESSIONS

The mothers in the intervention area also received training in how to have a balanced diet, health, personal hygiene and healthy living.

INTRADOMICILIARY TRACKING IN FOOD ISSUES AND ADVICE ON HEALTHY HOMES

• There have been performed visits to every family’s home to ensure that the improved behavior that has been taught also has been implemented in the homes of each person.
• Timely consulting was given to pregnant and nursing mothers, monitoring and helping control their condition in direct coordination with the health establishment. Promoting mothers also focused on a balanced diet and the consumption of supplements - such as ferrous sulphate. This activity was carried out in order to prevent infants from the risk of malnutrition and to avoid children suffering from malnutrition.

WEIGHT AND HEIGHT MEASUREMENT

A quarterly control of weight and height is performed to each child to survey and monitor the child’s nutritional status. 

At the end of the project, we have the following results:

1. At the start of the project, there were 78 malnourished children whose status improved after consuming protein and vitamins.
2. During the execution of the project, 42 biogardens were implemented in each families.
3. 101 families participated in the Project and received counseling in good hygiene and healthy habits.

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION WITH THE FAMILIES OF OUR PROJECTS

In December 2014 thanks to the generous support of many people with a good heart, it was possible to provide to the poor families in the communities of Paraíso de Fátima, Satélite y Ayuda Mutua the magic of Christmas, where they enjoyed the show of a clown and around 500 children enjoyed the delicious hot chocolate and the famous biscuit of Christmas, each child received a christmas present.

With this activity, we wanted to bring a message of peace and love to each of the families and children beneficiaries of our projects.

Thanks to the teamwork of the members of the health project, we could achieve positive results, we were able to work with mothers with children under six years, improving their nutritional status and strengthening their capacities to undertake and / or improve their own businesses, for the generation of economic resources and improving their quality of life.

We look forward to the support of more people and thus continue working for the benefit of the Cusco population

If you like to have more information about our activities of CEDNA please see our attachment: newsletter August - September 2014.

Regards.

CARMEN SILVA

• NEWSLETTER CEDNA OCT-DEC 2014 (PDF)