Did you know that 33% of children in Indonesia suffer from stunted growth? Did you also know that this stunted growth comes about due to deficiencies in diet?
Malnutrition is the root cause of a lot of diseases and conditions, and for many children in Indonesia, it has been the cause of stunting, which affects them both physically and mentally.
This year, the Foundation began a program in conjunction with our partner, Yayasan Balita Sehat.
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Through this program, we will be focusing on capacity building- ensuring that local health workers are well-trained and equipped with what they need to identify and treat cases of severe malnutrition; and also directly addressing the issue of severe malnutrition in the children that leads them to experience stunted growth.
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The trained community workers will then go into the homes of families that have been identified to be going through struggles that have led to them having severely malnourished children.
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