Hunger: The World Food Program has called it a “silent tsunami,” a natural disaster that kills children quietly from the inside-out.
In Haiti, recent rises in global food prices and the destruction caused by hurricanes in 2008 have left hundreds of thousands of people malnourished and without enough food. And for children, the consequences of malnutrition are alarmingly dire.
When children cannot find enough to eat, Northwest Haiti Christian Mission steps in to save lives. Our nutrition program provides hundreds of meals a day to malnourished children under the age of 5.
Quick Facts
- 1 in 10 Haitian children die of malnutrition or preventable illness before kindergarten.
- Roughly a quarter of children in Haiti suffer from chronic malnutrition, and 9 percent of children have acute malnutrition.
- Studies have found that the earlier child malnutrition is treated, the more positive the impact on child development.
How Northwest Haiti Christian Mission is Helping
One of the mission’s oldest initiatives, our children’s nutrition program provides daily food and medical care for more than sixty sponsored children who have been identified as having second-degree malnutrition or worse. The children’s mothers also receive daily devotions and education in nutrition, health, and parenting.
At age 4, children in our nutrition program graduate into NWHCM’s school system, where they continue receiving meals five days a week.
NWHCM’s goal is to nurture young bodies and families, and in doing so to share the love of Christ with everyone involved in our nutrition program. We believe in holistic ministry, that all would reach their full potential to be devoted followers of Christ.
How You Can Help
Children in Northwest Haiti Christian Mission’s nutrition program are funded through sponsorships from people like you. Because of your help, we are able to share Christ’s love with children and their families by giving them desperately-needed food and the hope of a long, healthy life.
Become a Sponsor
For only $50 a month, you can show Christ’s love to one of these children by becoming a Nutrition Program Sponsor. You will receive photos and updates throughout the year, as well as special opportunities to communicate with and bless the child. Sponsors are also welcome to come on mission trips and have the opportunity to meet children and their families.
Click here to sponsor a child today.
(Select “Nutrition” under Type)
Make a One-Time Gift
If you are unable to commit to a sponsorship, please consider making a one-time gift to our Feeding the Thousands Fund. Contributions go toward feeding programs for at-risk children, mothers and seniors in communities across Northwest Haiti.
Click here to contribute to the Feeding the Thousands Fund.
