Hadiya1 spoons warm porridge into six-month-old Aminah’s2 mouth and finds that on the first try, Aminah gobbles it up. Hadiya has learned the importance of introducing her daughter to porridge at six months, using nutrient-rich foods like […]
Date: Feb 12, 2012 | Category: Success stories
This slideshow features photos of fathers who are supporting mothers to improve nutrition for their children in Western Kenya. Through the stories of these inspiring fathers, the slideshow illustrates IYCN’s recommended approach for engaging men […]
Date: Mar 6, 2011 | Category: Success stories
Offering better nutrition support to keep HIV-exposed children healthy in Zambia’s Eastern Province was a problem that Sydney Kambobe, a provincial nutrition specialist, grappled with for several years. In Zambia, poor feeding practices, such as […]
Date: Jul 6, 2010 | Category: Success stories
Supporting mothers to breastfeed and nourish their children is helping Rose Mireille Exumé, IYCN’s Haiti Country Coordinator, cope with the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake. She finds comfort in knowing that families can improve […]
Date: Apr 7, 2010 | Category: Success stories
When she visits the baby tent at Place Boyer Refugee Camp in Pétion-Ville, Nadine Boucher, 32, feels uplifted and hopeful about her baby’s future. “I have less stress when I come to the tent; that’s […]
Date: Apr 6, 2010 | Category: Success stories
At the Place Boyer Refugee Camp in Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port au Prince, Solange Pierre, 35, welcomes four mothers-to-be into the baby tent. Inside, the safe, calm atmosphere is a welcome relief for Ketly, […]
Date: Apr 6, 2010 | Category: Success stories
This slideshow features photographs from IYCN’s community-based infant feeding activities in Kenya. The slideshow is a collaboration of the IYCN Project, the Society for Women and AIDS in Kenya, and PATH. […]
Date: Feb 6, 2010 | Category: Success stories
For Flora Bertizzolo, 30, a health and nutrition program officer at the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), getting food to children in need in Madagascar is her first priority. She and her colleagues at […]
Date: Sep 6, 2009 | Category: Success stories
When Patricia Nawa was pregnant with her fifth child, she tested positive for HIV. The 37-year-old mother in the urban Zambian township of Kanyama faced a frightening question that so many mothers-to-be in her community […]
Date: Aug 8, 2009 | Category: Success stories
At the Litsoeneng Health Centre, a small clinic in a remote area of Lesotho, Adelina, 40, a nurse, and Mabeata, 62, a community health worker in the nearby village of Khopolo, proudly tell the story […]
Date: Jul 6, 2009 | Category: Success stories