As we are entering the hot summer months and the spring holiday season of Basakhi and Gudhi Padwa, Easter, Passover, Ramadan, I would like to share with you some encouraging news.
The rural district of Palghar in India is notorious for child malnutrition. GPM has been tackling this
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challenge head on with our Child Nutrition and Food Security Program 'Bal Balwaan' which means "healthy child" in Marathi. In January we launched the program for 100 children ages six months - six years who were diagnosed as severely and moderately malnourished. After only three months we have seen incredible results, with 70% of the children demonstrating improved nutritional outcomes! We aim to maximize these results, and as we prepare for the droughts over the hot summer months, we will also be supplying clean drinking water to these families.
At GPM we are always learning, listening, and doing what we can to improve our programs. This is why the next phase of our Bal Balwaan program will include supporting the nutritional health of pre- and post-natal mothers, ensuring a strong link of nutritional heath from mothers to their babies.
All children deserve access to nutritious food and the opportunity to grow up healthy and strong!
Read more about the Bal Balwaan program here: https://www.gabrielprojectmumbai.org/bal-balwaan-infant-malnutrition
