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Through drawings, the children and young people described some urgent recommendations to solve the problems of child malnutrition: - Improve medical assistance so that people can include healthy foods in their diet that contain elements such as iron, calcium, vitamins, etc. - Improve access to drinking water, as many families still consume water from wells, which is not very healthy. - Provide nutrition specialists to be closer to the community to prevent health problems caused by poor nutrition. - Develop lectures on how to have good nutrition. - Support the agricultural sector and encourage ... Read morethe cultivation of nutrient-rich agricultural products (soybeans, beans, vegetables, etc.). - Promote family poultry farming to reduce problems caused by poor nutrition. - Invest in proper food preservation to avoid diarrheal diseases and others. - Create social actions within the community to provide nutritious food items. - Implement school meals, as many of us do not have the means to bring a snack for the intermediate hour, which in some way affects good school performance. Read less

• Nutrition education: regular school and community workshops on nutrition and balanced diet • Government, the community and development partners to support school feeding programs • Promotion of alternative foods and backyard gardens • Climate resilient farming practices • Collaborative action: foster partnerships between schools, local leaders, NGOs and government to address nutrition and climate change issues • Government should include nutrition education in the financial package that it offers to most vulnerable households. • Government must consider provision of food supple... Read morements to the most vulnerable households instead of cash Read less

Access to good drinking water is necessary to promote good nutrition The need to create employment/ alternative livelihood and life skills for parents School feeding program should be brought back to the school since it's no longer available Planting of more tress to resolve climate change and deforestation. Stop the practice of bush burning and charcoal production which depletes farmlands, and leaves lands less fertile Education of communities on food taboos and good nutrition is important. Practices of mixed farming (crops & livestock) should be promoted Stop illegal mining that destroys... Read more water bodies and farmlands. Government should scale up school feeding programs to all schools especially those in rural areas. Read less

- provision of folic acid as a supplement to adolescent girls to replenish blood loss from menstruation - support the education of children, parents and caregivers on good nutrition -support parents by providing farm inputs and variety of crops and vegetables, irrigation etc -parents to feed children with three meals a day -school feeding program should provide enough quantity of food (less food is served) and improve quality. fruits should be added to meals -school feeding should be extended to Junior High School =parents are encouraged to give children meat and fish government should reduce ... Read moretaxes on food to make it affordable Read less

In terms of recommendations, the children made the following: The government should do more to tackle malnutrition in remote villages and hard-to-reach areas. It must ensure that every neighbourhood or village has a large vegetable garden. The government, parents, NGOs and World Vision must work together to ensure good nutrition. The government must focus on agriculture by giving equipment to farmers and creating companies to process agricultural products. Parents must take action to ensure that their children have a good diet. They can become shareholders in NGOs. Build water towers to meet t... Read morehe community's water needs, get women involved in gardening, give vitamin supplements to children, work with NGOs, especially World Vision, and dig wells for animals. To improve children's diet, the government must put in place food policies that promote access to nutritious food and support local agriculture. Raise awareness in all communities of the importance of good nutrition Parents should be encouraged to adopt healthy eating practices for their children. Read less

The children proposed the need for children to know about nutrition so that they are aware of what they consume and the impact on their growth and development. The children also proposed that the village government help procure nutrition, and also government social assistance, so that there is money to buy nutritious food. The children hope that there will be a program related to nutritional literacy and nutritious food assistance to the CSO.

Les actions urgentes à entreprendre sont les suivantes : la construction du marché selon les normes et qui soit proche de nous pour nous éviter à parcourir des longues distances; la construction et équipement du Centre de Santé selon les normes et qui soit proche de nous pour avoir les soins de qualité; la création des emplois décents et sécurisants en rémunération pour nos parents pour augmenter les revenus surtout du panier de la ménagère ; la construction du PONT au niveau de Comigiem pour nous connecter au Quartier Salongo 2 ça facilite la circulation des biens et de la monn... Read moreaie; la construction et équipement des Bâtiments des Ecoles répondant aux normes afin d’étudiant dans les bonnes conditions; l’amélioration et régularisation des salaires des parents qui travaillent sans gagner le gain de leur sueur; Aménagement des routes pour permettre la circulation fluide des biens et services; Appui aux frais scolaires des enfants envu de réduire les durs labeurs effectués par les enfants pour supporter leurs études à cause de leurs parents devenus irresponsables;Appui aux ménages avec les kits aratoires pour faire l’agriculture ; Appui aux ménages avec les animaux pour faire l’élevage ; Read less

Encourage the community members to grow drought resilient crops because the area is prone to disasters most of the time • Scale up food preparation lessons in the communities as well as during the camps awareness meetings • Consider other venues for camps as they usually disturb our education • Scale up special school feeding programs in all schools in Nsanje