“You cannot tell a hungry child that you gave them food yesterday” goes a Zimbabwean proverb, but what if no food was available yesterday, or the day before, or the day before?

When children are malnourished, their ability to fight off infection is greatly diminished, and common illnesses can become life-threatening. Malnutrition explains the rise of more serious diseases such as pellagra and measles in Zimbabwean children too. Children between the ages of six months and 15 years are mainly affected. Child hunger and malnutrition are on the rise in Zimbabwe because of failed harvests and rising food insecurity, particularly in the rural areas.

Barnabas+ has been an organization of value in some parts of the country, distributing some nutrition meals for the children. With your support, we can as well play a major role into making sure that at least some malnourished children receive some nutritional meals on a daily basis, giving first preference to those in rural areas, rural hospitals and rural orphanages.