The Cycle – MANA

THE CYCLE OF MALNUTRITION

A child becomes acutely malnourished and the mother must leave what little livelihood she has – typically farming – to take the child to the nearest hospital.
Long walks give way to crowded waits in makeshift centers. If admitted, she remains as the caregiver in a crowded malnutrition ward, which is often a room with rows of straw mats, as the child is treated.
Disease is transmitted easily among the weakened children in the ward.
And, if the child survives, he or she often returns home to find that his or her family have sunken into a deeper level of crisis.

Mother Administered Nutritive Aid