Save more than 630 kids from anemia in rural Peru!

Dear donor, we would like to express our most profound and sincere gratitude for all your contributions. Due to the help awarded by each and every one of you, the nutritional project continues to thrive, even throughout the difficulties originated by the global pandemic. These are hard times, but with unity and commitment we are confident we will overcome the current situation.

Nutrition program progress report up to June 2022

Nutrition improvements

1. Bakery inauguration at Amashca school on May 2022, we will provide daily portions of iron enriched bread to 720 children and pregnant women from Utupampa, Huashcao, Canchapampa, Congar, Punyan, Amashca, Pariaqaqa and Yanarumi towns
2. Milk distribution, hemoglobin screening and nutrition evaluation performed to Canchapampa and Huashcao children in May and June
3. During the medical campaign held at Ampu town, we have provided balanced nutrition talks, we had 70 attendees (housewives, pregnant women and children) in April
4. We carry out planning sessions at Pariaqaqa to organize the Laying hens project construction. This project will improve the protein intake in children, by distributing one egg per child every day.
5. Demonstration sessions of maternal and child nutrition at Huashcao and Tingua during April 2022
6. We delivered cauliflower, broccoli, lettuce, radishes, chard, and spinach seeds for 8 school organic gardens during May 2022
7. We continued visiting families at Huashcao town to monitor anemia control with ferrous sulfate dose consumption
8. 2 tons fish distribution in June to Cachopampa, Utupampa, Cruzcoto, Huayapon, Shoropunta, Pisca, Armapampa, Mamapampa, Ushno, Yauyo, Queruran, Poncos communities, benefiting more than 1,000 families thanks to the donation of Pesquera Diamante S.A.
9. 164 personal cleaning kits distribution at Amashca, Huashcao, Canchapampa and Congar where we taught and reinforced the hygiene habits to preschooland primary school students in June
10. During June we participated in the health campaigns of Yungay, Poncos, Tingua, Ranrahirca and Musho towns by providing 76 nutritional counseling sessions and conducting 11 educational talks to 102 attendees

To continue expanding our reach, we require all the help you can give – utilizing the GlobalGiving platform.  The world continuously makes us face great challenges for our societies; and the children are the light and hope at the end of the tunnel for a bright future. 

 
We thank you for all the help you’ve given and will continue to give in the future.

Mision Huascaran team

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