Let's fight child malnutrition together – Aisha Buhari

Let's fight child malnutrition together – Aisha Buhari

Aisha Buhari has launched the "Get Involved" campaign as a part of the Future Assured program designed to provide solutions to problems of child malnutrition.

Let's fight child malnutrition together – Aisha Buhari
The Wife of President Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari formally launched the Get Involed component of the Future Assured initiative on April 29, 2016
Let's fight child malnutrition together – Aisha Buhari
The event was attended by the Governor Abulaziz Yari of Zamfara state and wives of other state Governors such as Kebbi, Sokoto, Borno, Nassarawa, Plateau and Niger

First Lady of Nigeria believes that the initiative will attract well-intentioned, private sector represenattaives and non governmental organizations in response to the alarming outbreak of hunger at internally displaced camps.

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Today was the fifth day of the event in Abuja which was attended was attended by the Governor Abulaziz Yari of Zamfara state and wives of other state Governors such as Kebbi, Sokoto, Borno, Nassarawa, Plateau and Niger states.

Let's fight child malnutrition together – Aisha Buhari
It is an opportunity for Nigerians to come to voluntarily donate directly with items and food products or by donor patronage

According to the latest UNICEF report, more than 5 million newborns in Nigeria are deprived of essential nutrients.

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Meanwhile, an estimated quarter of a million children in Borno state face severe malnourishment and risk death, as the scale of the humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram emergency continues to unfold.

Let's fight child malnutrition together – Aisha Buhari
The event continues till Saturday, September 3, at the ICC Abuja

An estimated quarter of a million children in Borno state, North-East Nigeria, face severe malnourishment and risk death, UNICEF said today, as the scale of the humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram emergency continues to unfold.

In early 2016, UNICEF appealed for $55.5 million to respond to the humanitarian crisis in north-east Nigeria, but has so far only received $23 million – 41%.

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