We have a 25-bed in-patient medical center which specializes in malnutrition treatment. With only two in-patient centers in Northeast Haiti, we receive the majority of severely malnourished children from government and non-government hospitals. This center is staffed with one pediatrician and around-the-clock medical staff. Our nurses specialize in acute malnutrition care and have extensive experience treating the most severe cases of malnutrition.

We follow the World Health Organization standards for inpatient treatment of the malnourished child and we also adhere to the National Malnutrition Treatment Protocol in Haiti. Our use of specialized malnutrition products such as F-75, F-100, ReSoMal, and Plumpy Nut/Medika Mamba allow us to provide the most up-to-date malnutrition treatment. This is truly a life-saving program, and we are seeing children go from death to life every single day in our Center! We are able to provide a safe place for caregivers to stay while their child is receiving treatment, along with a hot meal each day. These parents are shown the love of Christ in their darkest hour and are given an opportunity to turn their lives over to Him.

Consistently serving around 75 children at a time, our out-patient program works in collaboration with the Haitian Health Department by allowing children to be treated for malnutrition while remaining at home with their families. On average we treat over 300 children yearly through this program.

Out-patient treatment allows children who do not have other medical complications to be treated for malnutrition while remaining at home with their families. The child comes for a weekly check-up to be weighed, examined and provided their malnutrition supplements. An appetite test is given during each visit in order to ensure that the child is capable of eating the high-calorie product at home. A consultation with the Pediatrician is also done on the first visit where antibiotics and other needed medications are given and a health plan is made. This program is ALWAYS accompanied by education. In fact, education is one of the main aspects. Each week our nurses run group classes with the parents to cover a different issue regarding malnutrition-related issues. They also provide individual education during consultations, as our nurses invest time every week to educate and empower families.

Malnutrition prevention is something that has always been a part of our program, but we are now putting much more focus on it. We have all heard the saying “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” There are THREE practical ways we are stepping up our game to ensure we are working on prevention:

• Moringa Program – Moringa is a superfood that grows easily in Haiti and helps prevent anemia and many other vitamin deficiencies. We have implemented our first program in the remote village of Baie d’Orange where we established an out-patient malnutrition center this year. We are able to plant and grow many Moringa trees, and have distributed seeds and trees to families in the program. We provide education on the benefits of this plant, how to properly grow it, and how to incorporate Moringa into their every day diet.



• Education – Education is weaved into every aspect of what we do. We hold formal education classes every single day in our hospital, we educate caregivers on a one-on-one basis, and we partner with nurses in rural areas to provide health education deep in the mountains of Haiti.