MALNUTRITION IS A KILLER BUT TOGETHER WE CAN HELP CHILDREN FIGHT IT


Malnutrition in India has scarred the lives of millions of children. Almost one-third of under-5 children in India grapple with some form of malnutrition, whether it’s stunting or being underweight. Malnutrition snatches away from children a chance at a happy and healthy childhood, hampers their physical/mental growth and exposes them to serious risks.

  • India contributes 20% under-five mortality and 25% of neonatal mortality, globally
  • Among the 472 million children (2011 census), 97 million are anaemic and undernourished
  • Every 25 seconds, an under-5 child in India dies due to a preventable cause such as malnutrition or infection

These are not just some statistics to be printed in the newspaper – these are harsh realities on the lives of young children of India and it’s our collective responsibility to save children’s lives.

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And this is why Save the Children works to devise new-age solutions to help children coming from the most backward communities fight malnutrition. We adopt the following approach in this mission of ours:

  • Engage with experts like public health experts, doctors, researchers and others to plan robust on-ground projects to help communities eradicate malnutrition
  • We work to build the capacity of health workers, ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers and other on-ground professionals, equipping them to respond better to cases of malnutrition in their communities.
  • We help mobilize severely malnourished children to hospitals and healthcare centres and provide nutrition support to them
  • We constantly engage with the communities, through which we spread awareness, promote best practices on nutrition and map children who need help

We believe that every child, no matter who they are or where they come from, should grow up healthy. In 2020, 1.01 lakh children benefited from Save the Children’s Health & Nutrition Programmes.



YOUR DONATION CAN HELP SAVE CHILDREN FROM THE CLUTCHES OF MALNUTRITION


The Power of Nutrition

Nutrition is the gift of good health, the gift of life for every child. With your precious support, we can expand our health and nutrition programmes and give the gift of life and good health to many more children.


NUTRITION IS A GIFT FOR HEALTHY FUTURE. DONATE TODAY TO HELP FIGHT MALNUTRITION AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A CHILD’S LIFE. YOUR SUPPORT CAN BE INSTRUMENTAL IN CHANGING A CHILD’S LIFE FOR GOOD.

WHEN YOU DONATE TO SAVE THE CHILDREN, YOU HELP IN:

  • Restoring health and facilitating nutrition among children
  • Undertaking work to increase demand for services and better practices through social and behavior change communications
  • Training and capacity building workshops for parents, leading to awareness about benefits of good health and nutrition for children
  • Engaging with the community about health-seeking behaviour, healthy community practices to build a healthy life for children
  • Implementation of awareness projects around malnutrition and the devastating effects of it
  • Intervention at school-levels to promote healthy nutrition practices among school-going children through knowledge building, intake of fresh foods and physical activities

YOUR SUPPORT CAN HELP US REACH MORE CHILDREN, AND SAVE MORE LIVES


Gifting children the key to a healthy life: Key Achievements in 2020

  • No. of severely malnourished children (0-59 months of age) who received treatment: 5600
  • No. of newborns lives saved through our programmes: 955
  • No. of under-5 children provided healthcare: 41,601
  • No. of children(6-18 years) provided with healthcare services: 12,966
  • No. of mothers/pregnant women provided healthcare: 3488
  • No. of health workers trained: 1310

OUR FINANCIALS


OUR FINANCIALS


TOTAL REACH
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12,64,692 children
impacted, overall

CHILD POVERTY
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22,255 children
freed from the clutches of poverty

CHILD PROTECTION
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5,67,492 children
given protection from different forms of harm

EDUCATION
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4,06,200 children
access to quality education and support

HEALTH AND NUTRITION
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1,39,008 children
benefitted from projects on healthcare & nutrition

HUMANITARIAN
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75,314 children
provision of humanitarian relief

RESILIENCE
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54,423 children
better equipped to deal with disasters

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