Reduce Malnutrition for Children in Nicaragua

Summary

Supporting Save the Children’s food security programs in Northwest Nicaragua, you can help reduce the chronic malnutrition that children are facing.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Our program benefits young children and their families, with a special focus on families led by single mothers, throughout four municipalities of the Department of Chinandega. Save the Children's food security programs in Northwest Nicaragua has reduced chronic malnutrition from 23% to 10% since 2002.

Activities

We organize farmers who produce high-yield, non-traditional crops into groups, improve agricultural techniques, enhance small businesses in rural communities and work with communities to ensure the sustainability of programming.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $105
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $14,895
Total Funding Goal: $15,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Save the Children mobilizes communities and partner organizations to address the root causes of food insecurity, targeting the most vulnerable, usually young children and their mothers.

Project Message

Save the Children has mounted a vigorous and comprehensive effort to mitigate the impact of the food crisis on children and to prevent a more significant crisis for them in the coming year.
- Charles MacCormack, President and CEO

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Courtney Williams,
Manager Workplace Campaigns & Partnerships
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
United States
8007283843
Email:

Project Sponsor

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Organization

Save the Children Federation
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06680
United States
203-221-4000
http://www.savethechildren.org

Learn more about Save the Children Federation and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Nicaragua and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Nicaragua, read the Human Development Report on Nicaragua or the Wikipedia entry for Nicaragua.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 20, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 20, 2008.

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