Nutrition

ELOIM in partnership with Buwenge Hospital recognize and give priority to malnutrition in children.

To achieve this, we provide education and resources to mothers, teaching them about the importance of proper nutrition and how to make healthy food choices for themselves and their babies. We also distribute food and supplements to ensure that mothers and babies have access to the nutrients they need.

Nutrition is a critical issue in Uganda, as the country faces high rates of malnutrition and associated health problems, particularly among women and children. Poor nutrition can lead to stunted growth, weakened immune systems, and increased vulnerability to disease. In fact, malnutrition is a leading cause of child mortality in Uganda.

Objectives

To reduce the prevalence of malnutrition among under-fives, pregnant and lactating mothers, and other vulnerable groups
To reduce the prevalence of infectious diseases among the vulnerable groups
To improve the nutritional status of vulnerable groups during the management of infectious diseases.
Many children’s health has improved as there is an improvement in the consumption of right foods, encouraging all meals and on time.
Through lessons on crop breeding a balanced diet is eradicating diseases like marasmus and kwashiorkor.
Children are of normal weight as the consumption of foods with calories has been advocated for and implemented.
Parents through the educative pal cards, counselling and the state of stunting children is moderate.
ELOI in partnership with Vitamin Angels vitamins, periodic deworming supplements have been provided to boost the newborn babies and children.
Spacing of the children lessons during antennal has spear headed the end of stunting, wasting underweight in children.
Women have been facilitated with skills on commercial farming to help reduce poverty resulting into malnutrition.
Counselling and encouraging men involvement during antennal services has reduced men and women conflict that result into malnutrition in children due to negligence of the conflicting parties thence improved health.
Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life of a child has boosted nutrition in child resulting to limited malnutrition cases.

Activities

Distribution of fortified food to undernourished children of ages 1-5 years of age and the elderly
Distribution of micronutrient powders to children of 6-11 months
Elaboration and dissemination of educational and visibility materials to promote healthy eating habits in the assisted vulnerable groups
Implementation of a communication strategy aimed to change behavior and promote healthy eating habits

Expected Outcomes

Anemia prevalence rate among children under five is progressively reduced.
Access to and consumption of a more nutritious diet, tailored to the age characteristic, is increased.
The knowledge of beneficiaries and their family on healthy diet, nutrition and anemia prevention is increased.
An appealing and effective communication strategy-aimed to change behaviors that affect malnutrition-is implemented.

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To bring dignity and hope to men, women and children in African communities through health care, education, access to justice and community re-integration.

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Hope for an African Child, the ability to restore the rights and position of an African Child.

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The institution is set up to provide quality health services: preventive, curative and health promotive such as counseling services with an aim of improving the quality of health in the community in Jinja district.

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A child is a person under the age of 18 years. Under this age, a child is supposed to be protected from all forms of abuse like child labor, child sex abuse, child sacrifice, child literacy among other

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Despite the introduction of Universal Primary and Secondary Education (UPE, USE) by the government to mitigate the problem of access to education, new challenges have developed that affect the education sector in Uganda

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Despite numerous efforts and interventions by the government and other organizations, there is simply not enough of everything available to realize the right to education for every child.

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(United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) has reported that Uganda has the largest number of school dropouts in the region .

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Rural areas in Uganda are less developed compared to urban areas. It has been found that the reason for the underdevelopment of rural areas is because of the migration of young people from villages to towns in search of better employment opportunities

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