We thank all our supporters for donating towards our campaign to save the lives of malnourished children.
Nidan works to create awareness against malnutrition and also demonstrate through the Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre(NRC) that fighting against malnutrition is not so much a matter of cost but also of mindset. The NRC was able to help 25 children in May, another 22 in June and 19children in July. All admitted child come in critical stage with families spending more and more in treatment. Being farming season it has difficult for mother to come to the center. but our volunteers motivated them saying that they were putting the life of their child in danger as the child is severely malnourished. Nidan is now planning to launch a campaign against malnutrition in other districts of Bihar. It plans to train volunteers in ever village who can measure the condition of the child and if the child is severely malnourished then provide training to the mothers to help child in overcoming the situation.
During the three months (1st May 2017 to 31th July 2017), 66 malnourished children were admitted (33 Boys and 33 Girls). In this particular period, we have successfully discharged 54 children (25 Boys and 29 Girls).. We make an effort to cure all children who are facing the problem of malnutrition.
The steps to cure a malnourished child:
By following these steps, children who have achieved the target weight of 15% when discharged are asked to come for 4 follow ups to check if they are healthy or have they started losing weight.
NRC is also doing capacity building of mothers and family on health, hygiene and nutrition.
We thank all our supporters for donating towards our campaign to save the lives of malnourished children.
Nidan works to create awareness against malnutrition and also demonstrate through the Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre(NRC) that fighting against malnutrition is not so much a matter of cost but also of mindset. The NRC was able to help 19 children in February, another 20 in March and 27children in April. All admitted child come in critical stage with families spending more and more in treatment. Being farming season it has difficult for mother to come to the center. but our volunteers motivated them saying that they were putting the life of their child in danger as the child is severely malnourished. Nidan is now planning to launch a campaign against malnutrition in other districts of Bihar. It plans to train volunteers in ever village who can measure the condition of the child and if the child is severely malnourished then provide training to the mothers to help child in overcoming the situation.
During the three months (1st Feb 2017 to 30th April 2017), 66 malnourished children were admitted (32 Boys and 34 Girls). In this particular period, we have successfully discharged 54 children (25 Boys and 29 Girls).. We make an effort to cure all children who are facing the problem of malnutrition.
The steps to cure a malnourished child:
By following these steps, children who have achieved the target weight of 15% when discharged are asked to come for 4 follow ups to check if they are healthy or have they started losing weight.
NRC is also doing capacity building of mothers and family on health, hygiene and nutrition.
Impact story of a child
Poonam was a resident of Kalyanpur village. She has two kids, a girl and a boy. Her husband was not under regular employment. Sometimes he used to go out for work, after regular insistence from her and most of times he used to be at home . As a result the condition of her house was miserable. This poor economic condition forced Poonam to stay at her sister house, Since her mother was dead she never visited her mother house when her baby was born he weighed 2.500 gram and did not Cray at the time of birth, the child was kept a newnet. Poonam was unable to feed her new baby. The kid continued to be ill since his birth. He was treated by many doctors of the locality but of no use. This made poonam and her sister very much worried, According to poonam her child was not able to take in even 50gram of milk. When Asha worker counseled her continuously, she agreed to go to NRC.
When Bobby kumari admitted to NRC her details were:-
Weight – 2.400kg
Z- score -<-4sd
Height- 54 cm
When the child was examined at NRC he was in a very serious condition and her mouth was infected, After getting treatment at NRC for a few days the condition started improving and her weight started growing. On 18th day the child gained the required ideal weight and now she had become very active and started giving response. Her father visited regularly and was happy to see improvement in his child. Bobby also learned to sit and stand in NRC. Poonam was also counseled about how to prepare nutritious diet for children using household grains and about family planning. Booby’s parents were very thankful to NRC and said that if NRC wouldn’t have admitted on time he wouldn’t have survived.
At the day of discharge:-
Weight – 2.800 Kg
Z- score -<-4sd
Height – 54.2 cm
Nidan works to create awareness against malnutrition and also demonstrate through the Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre(NRC) that fighting against malnutrition is not so much a matter of cost but also of mindset. The NRC was able to help 20 children in November, another 20 in December and 17 children in January. These were the children whose condition had deteriorated very badly and the mothers went back happy. Being winter it was not easy for the mothers to come to the centre and be there but our volunteers motivated them saying that they were putting the life of their child in danger as the child is severely malnourished.Nidan is now planning to launch a campaign against malnutrition in other districts of Bihar.It plans to train volunteers in ever village who can measure the condition of the child and if the child is severely malnourished then provide training to the mothers to help child in overcoming the situation.
We thank all our supporters for donating towards our campaign to save the lives of malnourished children.
During the three months (1st August 2016 to 31st October 2016), 68 malnourished children were admitted (30 Boys and 38 Girls). In this particular period, we have successfully discharged 76 children. We make an effort to cure all children who are facing the problem of malnutrition.
The steps to cure a malnourished child:
By following these steps, children who have achieved the target weight of 15% when discharged are asked to come for 4 follow ups to check if they are healthy or have they started losing weight.
NRC is also doing capacity building of mothers and family on health, hygiene and nutrition.
Impact story of a child
Name of the child – Amrita
Father’s Name – Yogeshwar
Mother’s name – Renu
Village – Belkunda
Age- 14 months
Renu lives in a very poor family, she has six daughters. Renu’s husband Yogeshwar is a rickshaw driver who earned scanty. Since Yogeshwar was unable to drive rickshaw most of the time, because of his poor health, which results poor financial condition to his family. Due to these circumstances, Renu started working as a laborer but this was not enough to meet their daily expenses. Amrita was the youngest child of Renu and in past suffered from pneumonia, cough, cold and fever due to which her health was very low and she often fall ill. Renu didn’t have money to take her to a doctor. When Asha worker counseled her continuously, she agreed to go to NRC.
When Amrita admitted to NRC her details were:-
Weight – 5 kg
MUAC – 11.0
Height- 65.9 cm
When Amrita admitted to NRC she was diagnosed with 102 F fever, cough, cold and stomach infection. Later she was also failed in appetite diagnosis. According to Doctor’s guidelines she was fed with diet and medicines. From the 14th day she started gaining weight continuously and her target weight reached by 21st day. Her father visited regularly and was happy to see improvement in his child. Amrita also learned to sit and stand in NRC. Renu was also counseled about how to prepare nutritious diet for children using household grains and about family planning. Amrita’s parents were very thankful to NRC and said that if NRC wouldn’t have admitted on time she wouldn’t have survived.
At the day of discharge:-
Weight – 5.79 Kg
MUAC – 11.6
Height – 66.2 cm
We thank all our supporters for donating towards our campaign to save the lives of malnourished children.
During the three months (1st May 2016 to 31st July 2016), 82 malnourished children were admitted (34 Boys and 48 Girls). In this particular period, we have successfully discharged 65 children. We make an effort to cure all children who are facing the problem of malnutrition.
The steps to cure a malnourished child:
By following these steps, children who have achieved the target weight of 15% when discharged are asked to come for 4 follow ups to check if they are healthy or have they started losing weight.
NRC is also doing capacity building of mothers and family on health, hygiene and nutrition.
Impact story of a child
Name of the child – Shivani
Father’s Name – Arjun
Mother’s name – Suman
Block – Mahua
Age- 34 months
Suman lives in a very poor family, she has two daughters and a son. Suman’s husband Arjun is a laborer, who earns scanty. Suman was also illiterate and didn’t know importance of basic hygiene and cleanliness. Her children often fall ill due to unhygienic surroundings. Moreover, they are unable to feed their children properly as their earning was low consequently their daughter Shivani suffered from malnutrition. Whenever ASHA worker visited her home she always advised Suman to take her daughter to NRC but her husband always refused to do so. One day Shivani suffered from severe fever and her condition declined to critical. Suman had no money to take her daughter to private doctor, so she took her to distant hospital. Over there, hospital didn’t admit her daughter instead of it they gave some medicine and let her go. Suman was not ready to go and started sniveling at the hospital gate. Coincidently, one of NRC coordinator visited the same hospital and saw her crying with daughter in hands. He explained her about services of NRC and she readily agrees. Then our coordinator took her to NRC.
When Shivani admitted to NRC her details were:-
Weight – 5.50 Kg
MUAC – 8.5
Height- 71.6 cm
Immediately Doctor examined Shivani and she was diagnosed with fever, cold, liver infection, and diarrhea. According to Doctor’s guidelines she was fed with diet and medicines. On the 14th day her weight increased to 6.25 Kg and MUAC to 8.9. Her father came on the same day and was happy to see improvement in his child. Suman was also counseled about basic hygiene, hygiene maintenance, how to prepare nutritious diet for children using household grains and about family planning. Shivani was discharged from NRC on 19th day, her parents was very thankful to NRC and said that if NRC wouldn’t have admitted Shivani on time she wouldn’t have survived.
At the day of discharge:-
Weight – 6.36 Kg
MUAC – 9.0
Height – 72 cm
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