Ending cycles of Disease and Malnutrition
Summary
IMC offers primary health care, training, economic opportunity, and education to women in Burundi; these combined efforts prevent the double-edged sword of disease and malnutrition.
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
According to the World Food Program, 57% of children under 5 in Burundi suffer from chronic malnutrition, 70% of the population is impoverished, and approximately 10% of households rely on external food aid. IMC approaches this problem in a unique and effective way: instead of simply distributing food to the local population, IMC utilizes demonstration gardens and hands-on food preparation lessons to teach Burundi’s mothers how to prevent malnutrition by cultivating and cooking local foods.
Activities
IMC not only teaches women to grow and prepare food, but also helps them prevent diseases that lead to malnutrition, including malaria and HIV.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $6,159
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $4,841
Total Funding Goal: $11,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
By teaching women how to prevent malnutrition, IMC is empowering an entire generation and is helping to prevent future cycles of famine.
Project Message
This is not the Africa in travel brochures with safaris and delicious wine. This is the Africa where heavy loads are carried on undernourished heads, babies on backs and guns in the hands of children.
- Taja McKinney, IMC International Recruiter, while visitng Burundi
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Heidi Saravia,
Development Officer
1919 Santa Monica Boulevard
#400
Santa Monica, CA 90404
United States
3108267800
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
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International Medical Corps (IMC) 1919 Santa Monica Boulevard #400 Santa Monica, CA 90404 United States 310.826.7800 http://www.imcworldwide.org |
Learn more about International Medical Corps (IMC) and the project team.
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Burundi
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Burundi, read the Human Development Report on Burundi or the Wikipedia entry for Burundi.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on December 22, 2006.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 24, 2006.
Latest Update from the Field
Achieving Despite the Odds
By Stacey Freeman - Director of Resource Development, December 22, 2006 09:24 AM
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.
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