"Malnutrition in the first 1000 days of a child's life leads to irreversible neurodevelopmental disorders" Hugo Tempelman

Food supply Ndlovu Nutritional Units

First steps into life

Malnutrition is the most common cause of acute health problems in South Africa, especially among children. Not only physical growth but also cognitive development is impaired. The lack of minerals and vitamins has a significant impact on the development of the nervous system.

Ndlovu has set itself the goal of preventing malnutrition in children and improving their nutritional situation. Mothers and caregivers are educated and home conditions are positively influenced as much as possible.

Nutritional Units

In the five Ndlovu Nutritional Units, the affected children are thoroughly examined and nourished until they have reached their normal weight. The children receive at least two full meals a day. At the same time, the mothers are taught by trained advisors how to prevent malnutrition in their children and improve the nutritional situation in the family.

Food parcels

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic drastically increased food shortages in the region many times over. Due to the lockdown, supplies could no longer be provided via the nutritional units. Since then, the NGO has regularly distributed food parcels, which were financed with the help of supporters and donors. This measure was temporary emergency aid to alleviate the worst suffering.

Vegetable gardens

The vegetable gardens are the long-term strategy that resulted from the food deliveries during the lockdown. They are intended to ensure that more than 10,000 people have better access to healthy food. All vegetable gardens in the five nutritional units have been converted into “seedling farms”. They supply seedlings to people so that they can plant their own vegetable gardens in their homes.

Tshaba Tlala
Hunger MUST go

During the coronavirus lockdown, it became urgently clear that hunger is more threatening than the virus. No work for the parents, no day care and closed feeding stations for the children. Food is scarce. Bitter poverty, which the Ndlovu Care Group has declared war on.