Why Palghar residents are struggling to feed their children?

Updated On: 11 September, 2023 01:39 PM IST | Editor

The latest government data pegs kids with severe malnutrition and highest risk of death at 166; 32 have already died this year in Jawhar alone. The tiny, 20-bed Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) in the Mokhada taluka of Palghar is crammed with children and their young mothers

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The children, all between ages one and five, have been admitted to the centre, because they are malnourished

<p>Nandgaon villager Kamal Lokhande’s two-year-old son Vinay has been diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition. She doesn’t get  enough rations to feed either her children or her poultry. “We are all starving,” she says</p>

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Nandgaon villager Kamal Lokhande’s two-year-old son Vinay has been diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition. She doesn’t get enough rations to feed either her children or her poultry. “We are all starving,” she says

<p>Nisha Sapta with her son Tanish Sapta, who has a congenital limb defect. While he has been diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition, his parents weren’t aware of this, until a local NGO pointed it out</p>

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Nisha Sapta with her son Tanish Sapta, who has a congenital limb defect. While he has been diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition, his parents weren’t aware of this, until a local NGO pointed it out

<p>Sita Ghatal, in-charge of the Palghar-based NGO Shree Vithu Mauli Charitable Trust, Bal Sanjiv and Chhavani, has been conducting periodic screenings of tribal children in the villages of Palghar. Her team has identified several children in Jawhar, Mokhada, Wada and Vikramgarh, who are currently battling for  their lives</p>

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Sita Ghatal, in-charge of the Palghar-based NGO Shree Vithu Mauli Charitable Trust, Bal Sanjiv and Chhavani, has been conducting periodic screenings of tribal children in the villages of Palghar. Her team has identified several children in Jawhar, Mokhada, Wada and Vikramgarh, who are currently battling for their lives

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