Achieving Despite the Odds

Stacey Freeman — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:34:00 GMT

Despite global funding cuts to Burundi, IMC has maintained 24 health centers and 54 feeding centers in four underserved provinces in Burundi.

As Burundi transitions from an outright emergency to a country capable of long-term development, sustainable programs like IMC's nutrition education initiative are providing the stepping stones for future success and wellbeing.

Since June 2006, over 10,000 children have been fed in IMC-supported feeding centers in Burundi, while we continued to train mothers firsthand to create well-balanced meals from locally available crops.

In collaboration with the World Food Program, IMC is working with 21 schools to provide nutritious lunches to students, as well as health education for students and staff. We've even helped start on-site school gardens that will produce healthy, natural food.

These interventions aren't just saving lives--they're saving, indeed stabilizing, entire communities.

Links:

Huge Turnaround for Malnourished Burundi Children

GlobalGiving.com: Ending cycles of Disease and Malnutrition

Achieving Despite the Odds