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ACHILD KENYA

Climate-Resilient Nutrition

Integrated Support

Food Security In A Changing Climate

Stunting affects 22% of children in our counties, where anaemia exceeds 26%. These statistics represent children whose brains will never develop fully because they were not fed properly in their first years. Further, climate change is making this worse. Rains are frequently delayed with harvests collapsing. This has led to shortage of food price spikes forcing poor families to go hungry with the most affected being young children and expectant mothers.

 

WHAT WE DO

We teach households to grow food year-round using kitchen gardens, embracing indigenous vegetables, and climate-smart techniques. We promote biofortified crops such as iron-rich beans, orange-fleshed sweet potato, and zinc-enriched maize. We are training communities to embrace drought tolerant legumes and tubers that are nutrient dense are ideal for addressing hidden hunger. We train mothers in nutrient-preserving cooking. We help families adapt to climate shocks through rainwater harvesting, drought-resistant varieties, and sustainable farming practices.

Results We Have Achieved

  • Kitchen gardens established in schools and households
  • Improved dietary diversity in supported communities
  • Climate-smart agriculture training delivered across counties