Saving the malnourished souls of D’kar

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From the ground up: Children’s health is a national priority, but the people of D’kar lag behind

Children are the leaders of tomorrow and therefore it is important for any country to raise them as healthy as possible. However, over 80% of children in D'kar are malnourished, a crisis that threatens that dream. NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE writes

A two-year-old old baby named Edward in D’kar was last year enrolled into a feeding scheme programme supported by UNICEF Botswana after health officers realised he was grossly underweight. This was caused by the fact that his now deceased mother had underlying health issues and could not breast-feed her son.

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