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.
Pleasant Malata
Age: 2
Pleasant Malata Baby Formula Sponsorship
Pleasant Malata was born on July 17, 2021 at Nsipe Health Centre. He came to us at just 2 weeks old. His birth weight was 5.5 lbs. and the day we received him into our program he was 4.8 lbs. His mother, Rosina Malata is still alive but she developed mastitis after he was born and cannot breastfeed him.
He is from Chimbewa Village, the Ntcheu district. We have enrolled Pleasant on probation starting July 30th 2021 and at this time he was found to be moderately malnourished. His father, Pilirani Malata, is still alive and does side jobs to earn a living but cannot afford formula because they do not make enough money. He has no other siblings, he's the first born.
Would you consider sponsoring Pleasant 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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