Indonesia masih menghadapi cabaran terhadap kekurangan zat makanan kanak-kanak. Sekitar 27.5% atau 6.5 juta kanak-kanak di bawah lima tahun tinggal di bawah pendarahan (Kementerian Kesihatan di Jawapos.com, Julai 2017). Sesetengah kanak-kanak yang menderita menderita penyakit malnutrisi yang teruk dengan jangkitan penyakit, sementara sesetengah yang lain mengalami kekurangan zat dan gizi. Baru-baru ini, sehingga 19 Januari 2018, terdapat 68 kanak-kanak yang mati akibat kekurangan gizi yang teruk dengan penyakit campak di Asmat, Papua.

Water Supply For Rural Malawi

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Malawi is a predominantly rural country with a population estimated at 16 million and an economy by agriculture. The poverty headcount is at 66.7%. In rural areas especially in Southern Malawi, the figure rises to 68.4%.

Many rural communities in Malawi do not have access to clean water and expose themselves to water-borne diseases which according to UNICEF are amongst the major causes of death of children in Malawi.

Women and children also bear the responsibility of fetching water for the family. Many girls in the country unable to complete their education while women lack time to do productive activities such as working on their farms or looking after children because they need to spend a lot of time collecting water for their families.

Islamic Relief has been working in Malawi since 2006. To continue helping them get a better life, Islamic Relief has providing water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH) assistance by installing 10 boreholes fitted with hand pumps that benefitted 6,705 people in Balaka, Malawi.

This aid includes training for committees to manage and maintaining the capacity building for sustainability in 10 water points and hygiene and sanitation awareness campaigns to help the community members improve their overall hygiene practice and incidences of water-borne disease.

IRM mengakui potensi menyediakan bantuan makanan kepada pelajar miskin di bandar yang mungkin telah mengalami keretakan, terutama mereka yang tinggal di projek perumahan kos rendah melalui Program Makan Sekolah 2019. Inisiatif ini akan menyediakan makanan semasa waktu persekolahan untuk sekurang-kurangnya 135 pelajar yang mempunyai telah dipilih berdasarkan latar belakang keluarga mereka.