A report by the U.N. children's agency says 181 million children younger than 5 live in severe food poverty. That's more than a quarter of the world’s youngest children. Africa’s population of more than 1.3 billion people is one of the most affected mainly due to conflict, climate crises and rising food prices.
In several Nigeria n communities in the northeastern Gombe state, UNICEF is training thousands of women to boost their families’ nutrient intake. More than a dozen women gathered this week in the village of Poshereng, where they are learning at least 200 recipes they can prepare with crops like cassava, orange-fleshed sweet potato, maize and millet.
“When wasting becomes very severe, they are 12 times more likely to die,” Harriet Torlesse, one of the report’s authors, told The Associated Press. Aisha Aliyu, a 36-year-old mother of five, said her latest child “used to be skinny but is growing fatter” because of what they now grow at home. Hauwa Bwami, a 50-year-old mother of five, nearly lost her grandchild to kwashiorkor, a disease with severe protein malnutrition, before the UNICEF training started a year ago. Now she grows enough food that she sells to other women.
Because of displacement and climate change, families have resorted to “bad coping mechanisms like eating leaves and locusts just to survive,” Ejem said.
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The UN says a quarter of the world's children under 5 have severe food poverty. Many are in AfricaA report by the U.N. children's agency says 181 million children younger than 5 live in severe food poverty
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The UN says a quarter of the world's children under 5 have severe food poverty. Many are in AfricaA report by the U.N. children's agency says 181 million children younger than 5 live in severe food poverty.
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The UN says a quarter of the world's children under 5 have severe food poverty. Many are in AfricaA report by the U.N. children's agency says 181 million children younger than 5 live in severe food poverty.
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