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Good news from Banswara for malnourished children -Mohammed Iqbal

-The Hindu

The sustained campaign helps 43% reach the ‘normal’ mark

Following the adoption of a bottom-up approach to strengthening child protection systems, 43% of malnourished children in one of the 11 blocks in tribal-dominated Banswara district in southern Rajasthan have hit the normal mark. The initiative has sought to protect the most vulnerable ones among the undernourished children and safeguarded them against a possible third wave of the pandemic.

The drive for improving the health status of children and adolescents in 750 villages of Banswara district was taken up through a “Poshan Swaraj Abhiyan”, followed by the observance of a child rights week in November's third week. The campaign has promoted indigenous food practices and trained women in cooking nutritious meals for their children by using the abundant and diverse edible materials available in the region.

The tribal communities in southern Rajasthan have been utilising their indigenous practices of food and agricultural management to tide over the difficult periods of drought and scarcity. They dealt with the lockdown enforced last year amid the pandemic by following their customs.

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