Why develop projects for nutritional accompaniment and access to clean water?
43% of the children between 0 and 12 years old that are part of our programs in Venezuela and Colombia present some degree of malnutrition.
According to the NGO Cáritas, 35% of children in Venezuela are severely malnourished. While in Sub-Saharan Africa the rate is 23.8%. Severe child malnutrition increased 100% in 14 states in Venezuela. This is due to the fact that since 2018, a family requires 98 minimum wages to cover their basic food expenses.
3 Nutritional accompaniment programs Established with partner organizations in Venezuela and Colombia Baseline measurement to evaluate the nutritional status of our beneficiaries.
The nutrition gap on the border was reduced by 37% by providing school feeding to children who were not part of the School Feeding Program (SFP) through our program, in partnership with Comparte por una Vida Colombia.
Children who are beneficiaries of our programs.
Meals served
With daily nutritional accompaniment due to its conditions.
Nutritional supplements delivered
Community kitchens equipped to serve food on a daily basis.
Mothers trained in food processing, conservation and hygiene
More than 3000 people have access to clean water daily thanks to the installation of water filters in community kitchens.
1000 hygiene kits delivered to families including: bath soap, shampoo, laundry soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, sanitary towels, toilet paper, dishwashing soap, fragrance free chlorine and a leaflet with recommendations for water use and hygiene.
3 hygiene campaigns to promote hand washing with clean water and soap
Of the beneficiaries of our nutritional accompaniment programs showed significant progress in their health status.
Some of our programs of nutritional accompaniment and access to clean water
All our programs have one of our main pillars, which is the empowerment of the community where we develop our programs.
We believe it is important to go beyond the traditional approaches to solving a humanitarian crisis, in order to improve the well being, health and nutrition among children and young people.
