By Elizabeth Griffin | Senior Writer
Because you gave, Mahamud is healthy today. But not long ago he was in serious danger. At three years old, he was terribly underweight and malnourished.
“My son was so sick he could not walk on his own. He needed help because he had no energy,” his mother said.
Drought in Somalia had left Mahamud’s family with no food to eat and only a little goat milk for him to drink. Because of acute malnutrition, he was unable to sleep and had lost his appetite.
Then Mahamud’s mother brought him to the emergency feeding clinic and he was given nutripackets. These packets contain all the protein, nutrients, healthy fats, and vitamins that malnourished children like Mahamud need, combined in a peanut-butter-like paste that tastes good. By eating one of these packets each day for one to three months, a child under age 5 regains strength, begins to gain weight, and returns to health.
“I felt he was starting to get better after two weeks. He started playing with other children and walking again without any support,” Mahamud’s grateful mother said.
Thank you for giving emergency nutrition to save this precious little boy’s life!
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By Elizabeth Griffin | Senior Writer
By Elizabeth Griffin | Senior Writer
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