Health and Nutrition Education

Description Helping kids thrive. This gift helps empower families to give their kids the opportunity to thrive. Classes are run by trained community facilitators who provide parents with knowledge about nutrition, as well as hygiene, sanitation and health issues affecting young children. How your gift helps Little Subiraj is only 20 months old and is acutely malnourished. His mother, Animaya, brought him to a health clinic in Dhading, Nepal, where TEAR’s partner United Mission to Nepal (UMN) has established a nutrition program. Here, UMN staff member Rina is feeding Subiraj some therapeutic food, a highly nutritious peanut product designed for emergencies. After being diagnosed as severely underweight, Subiraj was admitted to a community-based program. Over time, as part of the program, he will hopefully gain weight and begin to thrive. As well as the health clinics, UMN’s health team have conducted training with female community health volunteers in Dhading, teaching them how to iden