Success Story: Diana Learns about Nutrition to Help Her Children Grow Strong Diana, a resident of Luzira village, has 9 children — including two sets of twins — ranging in age from two to 14 years old. Through our programs, she discovered one of her sons was underweight for his age. Diana received nutrition counseling and was enrolled in our Supplementary Feeding Program. Her son soon achieved normal weight status, which Diana credits to the education she received in nutrition counseling. When her second set of twins was born, one of the infants also suffered from low birth weight and Diana had trouble bringing the baby’s weight up to normal. The problem was identified at one of Save the Children’s Growth Monitoring outreach sites and mother and baby were enrolled in the Supplementary Feeding Program. Diana feels that the most important part of Save the Children’s programs is that she was taught how to "do it herself" and now helps to bring awareness to others in her community.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:08:55 +0000