How Malnutrition Impacted Nilo's Family
March 2, 2016
Eleven-month-old Nilo weighed 10 lbs - just a few pounds more than his birth weight. Nilo's grandmother confessed that food was so scarce that sometimes Nilo's only source of nutrition was coffee, tea and water.
Donor-funded treatment packs helped Nilo gain six pounds - over 50% of his body weight - and grow taller in 2 months.
95% of children who participate in ICM's home-based feeding
program regain their normal weight. Parents are supported with
additional education that helps to sustain their children's
long-term health.