Rolling back malnutrition
LERIBE-‘Mamatšeliso Motseki’s 15-month-old daughter looked frail. Worried that the child could succumb to malnutrition, she asked for advice and was told of what was supposed to be a simple solution: feed the baby with nutritious food.
“It was not easy to do as recommended as I was struggling to make ends meet,” she says.
The only thing readily available was spinach that she had planted in her garden.
The child’s condition worsened and had to be admitted at a hospital for three weeks.
“She really did not look good, it was sad to see her like that,” Motseki said of her child who weighed less than 8kg.