Although food security and the economy in India are improving, the world’s largest democracy still has a lot to do to tackle its high malnutrition rates. Undernutrition in India is the result of widespread poverty, rapid population growth, pockets of weak governance, poor health systems, and unreliable national indicators. These issues are compounded by the social factors and inequities related to caste, ethnicity, religion, and gender.
Our teams in India focus on improving nutrition, food security, livelihoods, and access to water, sanitation, and hygiene. We provide children with therapeutic food and supplements to treat and prevent life-threatening hunger, and we are working to improve the ways malnutrition is diagnosed, treated, and prevented.
Children Screened for Malnutrition
Vegetable Gardens Planted
As part of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve worked with local government to support the healthcare system and provide emergency food supplies and hygiene kits to vulnerable communities.
Our teams work with pregnant women and new mothers to prevent iron deficiencies, which could impact the health and development of their child. We also visit families at home to help them learn and improve nutrition and hygiene.
We provide communities with ways to earn their livelihoods and improve nutrition by helping them grow their own vegetable gardens, raise chickens, practice organic farming, and more.
We install taps, promote hand-washing, and train communities in good hygiene practices for eating, cooking, and more.
We work with partners to encourage stronger policies on nutrition and greater resources. Wherever possible, we strive amplify the voices of those who are not always heard.
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