$type=grid$count=4$meta=0$snip=0$rm=0$show=home

A Fresh Take on Nutrition



Many mothers in rural Guatemala must work hard to keep their children healthy. Since Guatemala has one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world, this task can be a major battle. This reality is no exception in the community of Acul.

Anita was a new mother in Acul, doing her best to keep her one-year old daughter, Elena, well-fed. But no matter what she did, her baby girl continued to lose weight. She was sure that the mashed tortillas and beans she fed her daughter would be enough to keep her healthy. But they weren’t.

Concerned about her daughter’s health, Anita met with FH staff to ask for help. FH staff suggested supplementing her daughter’s diet with fresh vegetables, which would provide the vitamins and nutrients necessary for growth and development. Anita knew that her neighbours had fresh vegetables she could buy, and she began to incorporate those into her young daughter’s diet.

It worked! Anita’s daughter’s health returned, and Anita knew that growing her own vegetables would be the key to her family’s nutrition. FH helped Anita set up a family garden, supplying her with seeds and gardening training to go along!

“Now I prepare Elena's food with the recipes that the staff of FH taught me and I use the vegetables I grow in my garden. I make radish salad, carrot patties, chard patties, cauliflower shrouded in egg, and broccoli salad,” Anita describes.

Today Elena is thriving in kindergarten. Her teacher says she’s an intelligent and active girl, who brings life and energy into the classroom! It’s thanks to a nutritious diet of fresh fruits and vegetables and to a mother who’s worked hard to provide it.

Support mothers like Anita by giving seeds:

FRUIT & VEGGIE SEEDS

GET POSTS LIKE THIS IN YOUR INBOX!

Name

Africa,10,agriculture,9,Annual Report,4,Artex Barn,1,Artist,11,AWANA,1,Bangladesh,40,Bootcamp,1,Burundi,51,Business,3,Cambodia,60,Canada,69,ChildSponsorship,62,Christmas,3,Coffee,2,COVID19,9,CreationCare,1,development,2,diary cow,1,disability,1,divorce,1,Easter,3,Education,62,Emergency Relief,46,Environment,8,Ethiopia,71,Events,2,Expand Hope,1,Family,4,Feed Kids,22,FeedingFamilies,4,Food Security,20,FoodFarming,89,garden pack,1,Gift Guide,35,graduation,1,Guatemala,70,Haiti,32,HealthNutrition,78,HopeNotes,120,hospitality,2,Hunger,12,husband,1,Impact,1,ImpactPartner,5,International Day of Happiness,1,Iraq,1,laughter,2,Leadership,27,Legacy,1,Livelihood,65,Love,1,Malaria,1,marriage,2,Medical,21,menstrual hygiene day,1,microcredit,2,microloans,2,Moms,6,Mother's Day,1,Opinion,57,Over 1000 views,28,Over 800 views,12,Partnership,63,period,1,Peru,7,Philippines,20,pig,1,podcast,2,Poverty,22,Recipe,4,Recipes,12,refugees,5,Resources,3,Rohingya,2,run for water,3,Rwanda,31,sanitation,1,Savings,9,Soup Campaign,8,Soup Campaign 2015,2,South Africa,1,South Sudan,1,Syria,3,thanksgiving,4,Tigray,1,toilet,1,tools,1,tourism,1,Uganda,47,Valentine's Day,1,veggies,2,Videos,27,Water,33,wife,1,WomenGirls,67,world toilet day,1,Yemen,1,
ltr
item
Food for the Hungry: A Fresh Take on Nutrition
A Fresh Take on Nutrition
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Bhm6odzw7JLQbQbHuHBDp3w8hRTuL0qSFT1QT8tiYjD_6YxYJZyxaw8vavpEhkUNuzqb7SRS2z8uGzf7Slk3NQP6HoNP3LK8-uPLlPQMfkRQ6fwzfOqxQwD0EHUttrTG1TFkAxqbhRS_/s640/Anita+%2526+Elena+-+Livelihoods.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Bhm6odzw7JLQbQbHuHBDp3w8hRTuL0qSFT1QT8tiYjD_6YxYJZyxaw8vavpEhkUNuzqb7SRS2z8uGzf7Slk3NQP6HoNP3LK8-uPLlPQMfkRQ6fwzfOqxQwD0EHUttrTG1TFkAxqbhRS_/s72-c/Anita+%2526+Elena+-+Livelihoods.jpg
Food for the Hungry
https://blog.fhcanada.org/2020/01/a-fresh-take-on-nutrition.html
https://blog.fhcanada.org/
https://blog.fhcanada.org/
https://blog.fhcanada.org/2020/01/a-fresh-take-on-nutrition.html
true
6831483658384501334
UTF-8
Loaded All Posts Not found any posts VIEW ALL Read More Reply Cancel reply Delete By Home PAGES POSTS View All RECOMMENDED FOR YOU LABEL ARCHIVE SEARCH ALL POSTS Not found any post match with your request Back Home Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat January February March April May June July August September October November December Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec just now 1 minute ago $$1$$ minutes ago 1 hour ago $$1$$ hours ago Yesterday $$1$$ days ago $$1$$ weeks ago more than 5 weeks ago Followers Follow THIS PREMIUM CONTENT IS LOCKED STEP 1: Share. STEP 2: Click the link you shared to unlock Copy All Code Select All Code All codes were copied to your clipboard Can not copy the codes / texts, please press [CTRL]+[C] (or CMD+C with Mac) to copy