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Nutritional Program Receives Continued Support
From Vitamin Angels
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A pregnant woman visits clinic to receive supply of mutlivitamins
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A key component of our efforts to improve health outcomes in Sierra Leone is through better nutrition for children under-5, pregnant women, and new mothers.
In Sierra Leone, according to the World Bank over one-third of child deaths are due to undernutrition. Providing Vitamin A and albendazole to children under-5, we are able to improve their health and quality of life. Vitamin A helps increase immunity against illness, and albendazole rids children of parasitic worms. Through the support of Vitamin Angels we will be able to reach 14,000 children ages 6 - 11 months and 14,500 children 12 - 59 months.
With high maternal mortality rates in Sierra Leone, it is critical to support the health of the mother during pregnancy and after. Multivitamins will not only improve the health of the mother but will support the growth and development of her child in the womb. After giving birth, multivitamins help the mother remain strong and able to breastfeed. In our partnership with Vitamin Angels, we will be able to provide 6,800 women with much-needed multivitamins.
Not only do we appreciate the support from Vitamin Angels but our beneficiaries in Sierra Leone do as well. Here is how one mother described what this program means to her, "These vitamins are of good quality, they increase our appetite, make us strong, well, fit, healthy and we have healthy babies."
Thank you Vitamin Angels for helping us 'turn scars into stars.'
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