VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS

by Fundacion Madre Maria Luisa Casar
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS
VENEZUELA: EDUCATE, FEED AND HEAL 400 SLUM KIDS

Project Report | Nov 4, 2019
INSIDE THE NUTRITION OF JENARO AGUIRRE / DENTRO DE LA NUTRICION DEL JENARO AGUIRRE

By Carmen Elena Ibarra | General Manager

Taking anthropometric measurements - Height
Taking anthropometric measurements - Height

Version en Espanol/ Spanish version

   “Un niño que no se alimenta bien, no puede estar saludable, y, por ende, no rinde adecuadamente en la escuela”. Madre María Luisa Casar

   En la Fundación Madre María Luisa Casar entendemos que salud, alimentación y educación van de la mano para lograr la formación integral de nuestros niños. Por esta razón estos aspectos  se abordan de diferentes maneras. En el caso del comedor escolar, brindando una alimentación balanceada dirigida por médicos nutricionistas, charlas educativas y el uso, por parte de nuestros especialistas, de herramientas de diagnóstico y evaluación como las mediciones antropométricas. Estas últimas consisten en la toma de las medidas corporales de los niños para un posterior análisis del estado nutricional y control.  

   Estas mediciones se realizan dos o tres veces durante el año escolar y en cada una de las mediciones se elabora un informe que muestra la situación nutricional de los niños, Lo que nos permite hacer seguimiento para corregir o implementar nuevas estrategias.

   Por ejemplo en la medición final del año escolar 2018/2019 realizada en junio, los resultados obtenidos fueron satisfactorios, A pesar de la crisis alimentaria que viven muchas de las familias venezolanas, la U.E Jenaro Aguirre logró mantener a la mayoría de los niños en condiciones saludables:

  • Hubo una mejoría del 25% en cuanto a la cantidad de niños que recuperaron su peso con respecto a la medición anterior. Un 30% que se encontraba en riesgo de delgadez, mejoraron. En cuanto a la desnutrición aguda se registró un alza en sus indicadores, lo que nos permitió tomar medidas extraordinarias con los niños afectados y frenar la evolución de este factor.
  • En cuanto a la mejoría de los indicadores de la Desnutrición Crónica se puede afirmar que los estudiantes del Jenaro están creciendo de manera sostenida. La malnutrición por exceso no presentó ningún cambio significativo.
  • Adicionalmente los informes muestran que los estudiantes de educación inicial tienen mejores indicadores nutricionales que los de grados superiores. Posiblemente las familias colocan toda su atención en atender la alimentación de los más pequeños y abandonan de cierta manera la nutrición de los niños mayores. Este patrón se repite con la valoración del dato antropométrico a nivel nacional.

   A pesar de las adversidades, estos resultados nos demuestran el impacto positivo en la comunidad de la U.E Jenaro Aguirre y la importancia de continuar con el trabajo, el cual ha sido posible gracias al apoyo de todos ustedes.

 

English version / Versión en Inglés

    “A child that is not well nourished, cannot be healthy, and therefore, cannot perform well academically” Madre María Luisa Casar

  At the Madre María Luisa Casar Foundationwe understand that health, nutrition and education go hand in hand to achieve the comprehensive education of our children. This is why these issues are addressed in different ways. In the case of the school lunch room, by offering balanced meals created by nutritionists, educational lectures about nutrition and the use of diagnostic and assessment tools such as taking anthropometric measurements. The latter consist in taking the child’s body measurements for subsequent analysis for the state of nutrition and control.

   These measurements are performed two or three times during the school year and each measurement isfollowed by a report that shows the child’s nutritional situation, allowing follow-up to correct or implement new strategies.

   For example, in the measurement of the end of the 2018/2019 school year performed in June, the achieved results were positive. Despite of the food crisis suffered by many Venezuelan families, the Jenaro Aguirre School managed to maintain the majority of the children in healthy conditions.

  • There was a 25% recovery in respect of the amount of children that regained their weight from the previous measurement. A 30% at risk of being underweight, were able to recover. We observed rise in the indicators of acute malnutrition, which allowed us to take extraordinary measures with the affected children and halt the progress of this factor.
  • Regarding improvement of the Cronic Malnutrition indicators, we can affirm that the students of Jenaro are growing in a sustained manner. There were no significant changes in the excessive malnutrition.
  • Additionally, the reports show that the early education students have better nutritional indicators than the older grades. It is possible that families focus their attention towards tending to the nutrition of the youngest children, and neglect the nutrition of the older ones, in a way. This pattern is repeated in antroprometric measurements across the country.

   Despite of the adversities, these results show the Jenaro Aguirre School’s positive impact in the community and how important it is to continue with the work, which is possible thanks to your support.

Taking anthropometric measurements - Weight
Taking anthropometric measurements - Weight
Taking anthropometric measurements - Arm
Taking anthropometric measurements - Arm
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Taking anthropometric measurements_Height
Doctors & FMMLC -  Anthropometric measurement day
Doctors & FMMLC - Anthropometric measurement day
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