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How can we solve hunger and malnutrition?


 Hunger is a pressing issue. India ranks at 94 out of 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index, which puts India at a serious level. 36% of children under the age of five are underweight in the country. World Vision India addresses the root causes of hunger and malnutrition and brings just solutions to this complex issue. Sponsor a child through World Vision India and save a child from hunger and malnutrition. Make a hunger donation.


Priya, a 2-year-old girl from a small village of in the state of Jharkhand was identified as malnourished by World Vision India. At 19 months, her weight was just 6.5 kg and her MUAC measurement was only 11.5 cm, which is lesser than the ideal range. MUAC, is a Mid-upper arm circumference measurement that allows health workers to quickly determine if a child is acutely malnourished.
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Priya and her parents live in a remote location and had to walk for more than four kilometres to buy groceries and vegetables. Since they were daily wage labourers they did not have enough money to buy vegetables every day.
“The money we earn daily will be fully spent in buying basic things and we won’t have anything left to purchase other things. I often borrowed vegetables and groceries from our neighbours. I used to be embarrassed to do that,” says Priya’s mother.

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