120 women have benefited from a
programme called Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) in Kasama District of Northern
Province.
Kasama District Administrative
Officer (DAO), Beauty Namukoko, revealed that so far started benefiting from
the Programme.
She said this when she officiated at
the official hand over of 120 village Chickens to 60 women from another group
of 60 females who recently received Hens from government in Chiba ward in
Kasama District.
Ms. Namukoko explained that the
initiative was to ensure all expectant mothers, Lactating, and those with
children under the age of two years, start keeping chickens that will enable
their children have sufficient vitamins during the first 1000 most critical
days of a child’s life.
Ms. Namukoko stated that the
programme was initiated in order to improve nutrition and further reduce the
prevalence of stunted in the Zambian population.
She noted that 40 % of the Zambian
children are stunted due to poor nutrition adding that the condition has also
resulted in affecting their academic performance among other things.
She said it is for this reason that
government through the food and scaling up nutrition commission and other line
ministries is making frantic efforts to improve nutrition in Zambia.
ZANIS
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