3. PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
3a) Children's Nutrition

Every six months, AID-India workers weigh children in the age group 0-5  (about 3300 children in the 30 villages).  The weight is plotted against the age and each child is assigned a normal or malnutrition grade from 1 – 4 as per the charts given by the ICDS department of the government, based on WHO and UNICEF guidelines.  For children in the grade 3 and 4 of malnutrition (grade 4 being the most severe degree of malnourishment), AID India provides 500 gm packets of sprouted ragi (millet) flour prepared locally every month. When it is observed that the children make progress to grade 1 or 2 or even become normal, the ragi is stopped......Read more

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