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Beans to the rescue in the fight against child malnutrition and school absenteeism in Madagascar
Thursday, 2015/03/05 | 06:32:01

CIAT 25 February, 2015 by Stefanie Neno (comments)

http://www.ciatnews.cgiar.org/2015/02/25/beans-to-the-rescue-against-child-malnutrition-in-madagascar/

Branza lives in an orphanage of Antananarivo because his parents cannot afford to feed him.

Twelve-year-old Branza has lived in an orphanage in Antananarivo, Madagascar’s capital, since 2010, because his parents cannot afford to feed him.

 

Madagascar is known for its sunny beaches and scuba diving. What many don’t know is that nine out of ten Malagasy people live below the poverty threshold, according to a 2013 World Bank report. Madagascar is among the world’s least developed countries. And the political crisis that hit the country between 2009 and 2013 caused further economic slowdown, and an increase in poverty and marginalization.

 

Half of Malagasy children are stunted due to chronic malnutrition and severe micronutrient deficiencies. “The rate of chronic malnutrition is still very high in Madagascar,” says Holy Raobelina, Coordinator of the Office for National Nutrition (ONN). “The MDG1  survey recently reported a national average of 47.3%.”

 

- See more at: http://www.ciatnews.cgiar.org/2015/02/25/beans-to-the-rescue-against-child-malnutrition-in-madagascar/#sthash.uJRK2bO0.dpuf

 

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