Whispers of the hungry: 20150529_UNICEF_portfolio_Dragaj_022

Laila Mint Mohamad Mahmoud and her ten months child Fatimetou, listen to community worker during the nutrition awareness session in Guerrou, Mauritania.Fatimetou’s malnutrition was discovered during the door-to-door awareness and screening sessions four months ago. Community workers referred Fatimetou at CRENI clinic for further treatment. Since then her recovery from malnutrition took positive turn. Her mother, Laila is thankful to the awareness and screening campaign to have discovered on time that her child was malnourished and was treated timely. After that Leila took all her five children to be checked for malnutrition. Ten months Fatimetou is regularly visited by community workers to ensure her complete recovery.200 million children under five in the developing world are not fulfilling their potential for development. Because of poverty, under nutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and learning environments that do not provide enough responsive stimulation and nurturance, children are developing more slowly, or failing to develop critical thinking and learning skills. This limitation in early development contributes to late school entry, poor school performance, and ultimately, limitations for success later in life.

Laila Mint Mohamad Mahmoud and her ten months child Fatimetou, listen to community worker during the nutrition awareness session in Guerrou, Mauritania.

Fatimetou’s malnutrition was discovered during the door-to-door awareness and screening sessions four months ago. Community workers referred Fatimetou at CRENI clinic for further treatment. Since then her recovery from malnutrition took positive turn. Her mother, Laila is thankful to the awareness and screening campaign to have discovered on time that her child was malnourished and was treated timely. After that Leila took all her five children to be checked for malnutrition. Ten months Fatimetou is regularly visited by community workers to ensure her complete recovery.

200 million children under five in the developing world are not fulfilling their potential for development. Because of poverty, under nutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and learning environments that do not provide enough responsive stimulation and nurturance, children are developing more slowly, or failing to develop critical thinking and learning skills. This limitation in early development contributes to late school entry, poor school performance, and ultimately, limitations for success later in life.