At 56 years old, Elisena has faced many challenges with strength and perseverance. A widow living alone, she has no steady source of income and very limited resources to meet her daily needs. When someone offers her a small job— weeding a garden, sweeping or helping with work on a

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Improving Sanitation in Cazale In 2014, GVADK conducted a community assessment and discovered that many families in Cazale and surrounding communities did not have access to proper sanitation facilities. Because many residents depended on nearby rivers and streams for water, improving sanitation was an important step toward protecting both families

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Understanding Severe Malnutrition: Kwashiorkor and Marasmus At our Nutrition Center, many of the children we care for are suffering from severe malnutrition. The two major clinical forms we see are kwashiorkor and marasmus. Both conditions are serious and require urgent medical attention, specialized nutrition, and close monitoring. Malnutrition occurs when

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