Good practices for preventing acute malnutrition in the community
In the village of Doney, Madaoua, in southern Niger, several mothers meet under the shelter of two large trees to attend a cooking demonstration. Today they will learn how to cook enriched kouli-kouli (peanut butter) soup. The session is being run by two Mamans Lumière (mothers of light); Ai Gaiya is one of them. "We teach the mothers how to make soups and vegetable purées that are rich in vitamins. We run two sessions a week and the rest of the time the participants practise at home. The mothers themselves provide the ingredients: millet, sorghum, cabbage... The advantage is that they are local products and easy to get," she explains.
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