RESCUING MALNOURISHED BABIES
SPONSOR A BABY
The most tangible and practical way you can save a baby’s life is through directly sponsoring a baby, which provides the formula and nutritional needs for the baby of your choosing. Select the baby you would like to provide formula and healthy nutrition for.
Brave Chauluka
Age: 3
Brave Chauluka Baby Formula Sponsorship
New to our program, Baby Brave has come to us through his Grandmother. He was born on November 8, 2020 at Ntcheu District Hospital weighing 4.4 lbs. His mother, Malita Chauluka is still alive but is suffering from tuberculosis. Because of hte medicine she is taking, she has no breastmilk to feed him.
He is being taken care of by his grandmother, Rose Davis who is 52 years old. Right now, baby Brave is on probation pending sponsorship but is SEVERELY malnourished weighing only 4.6 lbs. at 2 months old.
His father is still alive but due to the prolonged sickness of his wife, all his financial resources that could have been used for formula have been used to treat Malita's tuburculosis. Brave has one sibling names Shamimu Chauluka. Brave is sick often and his grandmother gets so tired out trying to take care of him and his sick mother that she actually passes out from time to time due to high Blood Pressure.
We started Brave with 1 can of formula and an open return date pending sponsorship. Would you please consider sponsoring baby Brave today?
WHAT DOES YOUR SPONSORSHIP COVER?
This is the best question we can answer for each of our partners when they make the decision to save one of these orphaned babies.
First, know that 100% of your sponsorship dollars actually goes to the babies. A sponsorship provides real tangible things like daily formula, bottles, new clothes, medical care, and a porridge full of vita-meal. This may sound like the same story you have heard over and over again but rest assured it isn’t.
This sponsorship will save the life of the baby you just sponsored. We aren’t a ministry that gives a bowl of maize once per day and say we are feeding children. The 2ndMilk children get the same nutrition daily that your children receive because at the end of the day we don’t feel they deserve anything less.
SIGNS OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION
Acute malnourishment comes in many forms and at times it can even be hard to see while other times it may be very hard for us to look at a child experiencing severe malnourishment. Sure, we have all seen the tiny baby with droopy skin and bones but we also see a lot of babies that are experiencing a protein deficiency called Kwashiorkor. This causes their stomachs to swell as well as their legs and feet.
HOW DOES FORMULA HELP?
We all know and understand that infants require either mothers milk or a formula that allows them to receive the nutrients and vitamins their bodies require for proper growth. We purchase our powdered formula in the countries we work in to help the local economy and allow our teams to have quick access to the truckloads of formula we purchase monthly.
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