Burkina Faso: Combining Education and Provision of Nutritious Food to Tackle Malnutrition in Burkina Faso

It is warm and dusty in Diépergou, a village located about 15 kilometers from Bogandé in the eastern region of Burkina Faso. Habibata Thiombiano is nursing Youmanli, her 10-month old daughter, in the family courtyard. "I'm 45-years-old and Youmanli is my eighth child. If you had come here five months ago, you would have seen my daughter in a different state. She would nurse at night, but when she didn't get enough milk, she would cry and cry, and I wasn't able to get any sleep. She started to have diarrhea and lose so much weight that we started to lose hope," says Habibata.

"You see, I haven't been able to produce enough milk for her since she was born. We just don't have enough food. I was screened at my village's health clinic three times and found out I was malnourished," explains Habibata.

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