Malnutrition is a major problem for children and women among Urban Slums. Trishul NGO is making an efforts whenever possible to organize small meals, snacks, nutrition programs for children and women through mediums of Monthly Birthday Celebration, Small Snack Party during festivals, Micro-snacks during evenings, occasional dinner etc.
Sharing one such occasion sponsored by an individual via Feeding India,
veg dinner for Children of Trishul NGO
Kindly share this page with your friends and corporate who may be interested in sponsoring such meals / snack parties for children.
Nutritional
problems like protein energy malnutrition (PEM), anemia and vitamin A
deficiency continue to plague a large proportion of Indian children. The diets
and nutritional status of urban slum children in India is far away from being
satisfactory. The nutritional status of slum children is worst among all
urban groups and is even poorer than the rural average. Urban migration has not
provided them salvation from poverty and under nutrition. Another distressing
feature is the lack of any significant improvement over the years in this
population. Most common causes of malnutrition include faulty infant feeding
practices, impaired utilization of nutrients due to infections and parasites,
inadequate food and health security, poor environmental conditions and lack of
proper child care practices. High prevalence of malnutrition among young
children is also due to lack of awareness and knowledge regarding their food
requirements and absence of a responsible adult care giver. With increasing
urban migration in the years ahead, the problem of malnutrition in urban slums
will also acquire increasing dimension unless special efforts are initiated to
mitigate the health and nutrition problems of the urban poor. Improving
nutritional status of urban poor requires a more direct, more focused, and more
integrated strategy.
