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.
Victor Tsanzo
Age: 3
Victor Tsanzo Baby Formula Sponsorship
Victor was born on January 29, 2021. He was only 7 days old when he came to the 2ndmilk program. His birth weight was 8.8lbs, registration weight was 9.7lbs while on the day of visit, February 17 2021, he weighed 9.7lbs again.
The baby is on probation and cannot hold his head up on her own, roll over, sit up, crawl and stand on their own. He has no teeth in all and does sleep throughout the night. He cannot hold her bottle on her own. He is in good health, no reported sickness and she was joyous and active. He stays with an aunt who has heart pains. He eats 9 times a day and no challenge yet. He lives with 4 other family members and he sleeps on the floor mat.
Would you consider sponsoring Victor 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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