Page 5 - World Food Day and ADRA Canada

For the Children

Laos/Cambodia

According to UN statistics, the burden of malnutrition is shared by all and the upward trend
of cases is concerning. ADRA Canada knows that good nutrition is the key to healthy, growing
children. For many years, ADRA has worked to support the Enhanced Nutrition and Health
for Upland Phoukoud (ENHUP) project in Laos and the Baray-Santuk Nutrition for Under-2s
and Mothers Project (BS-NUM) project in Cambodia.

In these projects,
ADRA Canada provides
nutrition awareness
and education through
training. In addition,
we partner with local
community health
systems to identify
and rehabilitate
malnourished children.
We also include
interventions to reduce
the risks of debilitating,
yet preventable illnesses
from poor drinking
water and household/
community sanitation.

Understanding that
hunger and nutrition
are interconnected, we
work to increase food
security with training
and support in home
gardening and small
animal raising with
target households to
improve nutritious
food diversity and
consumption.

See says “ADRA means
a lot for our community
because it helps to
reduce malnutrition. I
will practice the lessons
I have learned with my
family.” Photo: © 2021 ADRA | ADRA Cambodia