How your donations are being used

The Philani Nutrition Centres Trust operates 5 Nutrition Centres, at which severely malnourished children under the age of six and their mothers are seen on a regular basis for nutrition education, care and support. These are children who are too sick to be rehabilitated on the Philani homebased nutrition rehabilitation program. At each center a nutrition advisor sees mothers and children all week, and medical doctors and a dietician hold weekly clinics. Monthly allocations of nutritional supplements in the form of fortified milk powders are given to mothers for children in need of extra support for nutrition rehabilitation.

In 2009-2010, a grant from Philani Fund USA is being used to fund the costs of milk at one of the locations, Brown’s Farm. Each month Brown's Farm serves approximately fifty malnourished children under the age of six and their mothers; more than 30% of the children are HIV positive.

As we receive additional donations, we hope to support an additional nutrition center and other Philani programs.

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