Eradicate Malnutrition One Child at a Time
Support RMF’s Nutritional Rehabilitation Center for Children in India
Help us to provide for the highest quality treatment and care for patients with Severe Acute Malnutrition at our Nutritional Resource Center in Madhya Pradesh.
In June 2010, Real Medicine Foundation (RMF) and partner Jeevan Jyoti Hospital (JJH) opened a Nutritional Rehabilitation Center (NRC) in Meghnagar, Madhya Pradesh. This Public-Private Partnership NRC is one of a handful of its kind in all of India: the State Government provides the funding for patient care while RMF and JJH provide the facilities, staff, and technical support for the difficult task of treating children suffering from severe acute malnutrition.
- Covered 37,000 families and 56,000 children in a baseline malnutrition survey
- Held 38,000 Counseling sessions
- Counseled care givers of 6,000 diagnosed cases of Severe Malnutrition
- Treated 225 cases of Severe Acute Malnutrition
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Madhya Pradesh carries India's highest malnutrition burden 60% of its children under 5 are malnourished Approximately 6 million children whose futures are at risk |
How You Can Make a Difference
With your help, Real Medicine Foundation can ensure a strong, healthy, and hopeful future for India’s children. Please consider supporting RMF’s Nutritional Rehabilitation Center, our local staff, and the families of Madhya Pradesh, India.
What your donations can do:
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$25 - Buys a month supply of life saving nutrient rich formula |
$500 - Builds an outdoor playground and recreation area for children and caregivers |
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$50 - Provides a month supply of nutritious food to a mother during the course of her child's treatment |
$800 - Provides new mattresses for the NRC |
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$100 - Treats a child with dangerous complications from malnutrition |
$1,000 - Supports an organic kitchen garden providing fresh fruits and vegetable for the Center as well as nutritional training for mothers |
Please contribute any amount you like to help RMF provide the most effective and enjoyable nutrition rehabilitation for malnourished children and their families. Thank you.
Our Approach
Comprehensive Care
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Prevention through Education
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Friends-Helping-Friends
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Eradicate Malnutrition
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RMF’s goal is that each child treated at our center not only recovers from malnutrition, but also stays well. With the capacity to treat 20 children at a time, our center offers around the clock care to children suffering from complications of malnutrition. Our dedicated staff caters to the medical needs of acute patients and works closely with the mothers/caregivers to address the root causes of malnutrition.
The child’s caregiver stays at our center for the 14-21 day course of their child’s treatment. During this time, our staff provides caregivers with one-to-one and group counseling /training sessions on the basics of childcare and nutrition. This long-term approach equips parents with the right knowledge and skills to keep their children and communities healthy.
RMF utilizes this NRC to provide training opportunities for RMF Community Nutrition Educators and government health staff to enhance their ability to provide at-home education and follow-up support. While all of these activities are linked closely with existing government programs, we hope to go a step beyond current activities and to set a standard of excellence in management of childhood malnutrition.
The opening of Jeevan Jyoti’s NRC provides another level of opportunity for RMF’s Malnutrition Program. Since April 2009, RMF has worked in 100 villages throughout Jhabua, and another 400 in surrounding districts, leading to the identification of hundreds of children in need of treatment. Previously, children were referred to other, less accessible, facilities in the area for treatment. Now, children and families have access to the medical care and educational resources necessary for the healthy growth and development of our community.Learn More
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You Can Help Make a Difference
Please contribute any amount you like to help RMF provide the most effective and enjoyable nutrition rehabilitation for malnourished children and their families.
Thank you.
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