Zimbabwe Screening: Harare March 21, 2014 Our goal was to cover the entire country of Zimbabwe. Luckily, most of the stakes and districts lie on the highway running southwest from Harare to Buluwayo. We started our journey by flying from Johannesburg, South Africa to...
Bulawayo
Zimbabwe population: 14,862,924 in 2022
GDP per capita (US$): $1,215 in 2020
Cost to Run Program for 1 Year: $6000
Nutritional Supplements Used:
- Vitamin enhanced corn/soy blend cereal produced locally
- Eggs
Fact from UNICEF / WHO / World Bank:
Child Wasting: 45.4 million
In 2020, wasting continued to threaten the lives of an estimated 6.7 per cent or 45.4 million children under 5 globally.
Source: Levels and trends in child malnutrition, 2021
Bridget Gumbo
Community Coordinator
Bountiful's Community Coordinators
Community coordinators serve with Bountiful as volunteers. They organize other local volunteers and together conduct screenings, train families, distribute locally-purchased nutritional supplements, and follow up on infant development.
Considering A Donation?
All donations go toward identifying mothers and children in need, providing food supplements, health lessons, and other services. All donations are welcomed. Recurring monthly donations support community stability.
- $8 = nourish 1 child for a month
- $25 = nourish 3 children for a month
- $100 = nourish 1 child for a year
- $500 = nourish an average community for a month
- $6,000 = nourish a community of your choice for one year
Distributing Supplements in Zimbabwe
Bountiful's Mission
Our mission is to provide nutritional supplementation to pregnant and nursing mothers and malnourished children for the first one thousand days of life, and teach health and cognitive development skills to families in the areas we serve.