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Shining Eyes
3ooo children under five years of age die in India every day as a consequence of under
malnutrition. The Santals in our rural project area around Santiniketan, West Bengal, are subsis
ence farmers who cultivate rice. Vegetables, eggs, meat and fruits are rarely available with these
families. Instead they use to eat plain rice, sometimes along with some pulses or potatoes. As vitamins,
minerals and protein is missing in the diet, most of
and B lack as well as mental retardation. They suffer from preventable infections frequently and are ther
fore at risk of dying. Pregnant women mostly suffer from night blindness and anemia.
We have built up a 40-bedded preventive health care centre
malnourished and infected children as well as to the pregnant ladies. We offer five nutritious meals a day
and teach the mothers of the malnourished children h
offer nutrition and hygiene education at our health care centre and guide the mothers to start kitchen ga
dens and duck husbandries in their homes to change the deeply rooted food habits slowly. Children wi
fever, diarrhea and pneumonia receive a profound medical treatment at our hospital.
Furthermore, we assist the villagers to build up washing houses
tion and prevent diseases from the outset. Mothers are guided by
their hygiene habits. All malnourished children under five years and pregnant women receive a cooked
supplement meal. The children are measured and weighted regularly to monitor their weight and health
development. Dr. Monika Golembiewski, a pediatrician from Germany, builds up this medical village deve
opment with preventive focus since 19 years and makes every effort to enable the Santal children to have a
healthy development. For the last five years her daughter in
her in her efforts. We clearly see the success of
birth weight , morbidity decreases and a strong mental development of the children is observable.
After the nutrition program: Shining Eyes!
Need for vitamin, mineral and protein
We would like to provide micronutrient supplements
in the village based nutrition programmes.
supplementation of the ICDS Anganwadi Centre
Indian government free of cost. We assume that children
richer in vitamins, minerals and proteins
child care. We want to identify the most effective way to
Shining Eyes – medical development project in India
3ooo children under five years of age die in India every day as a consequence of under
malnutrition. The Santals in our rural project area around Santiniketan, West Bengal, are subsis
ence farmers who cultivate rice. Vegetables, eggs, meat and fruits are rarely available with these
lies. Instead they use to eat plain rice, sometimes along with some pulses or potatoes. As vitamins,
minerals and protein is missing in the diet, most of the children show clinical signs of
and B lack as well as mental retardation. They suffer from preventable infections frequently and are ther
fore at risk of dying. Pregnant women mostly suffer from night blindness and anemia.
preventive health care centre at Santiniketan to give medical care to the
malnourished and infected children as well as to the pregnant ladies. We offer five nutritious meals a day
and teach the mothers of the malnourished children how to prepare a healthy meal at low cost. We also
offer nutrition and hygiene education at our health care centre and guide the mothers to start kitchen ga
dens and duck husbandries in their homes to change the deeply rooted food habits slowly. Children wi
pneumonia receive a profound medical treatment at our hospital.
e assist the villagers to build up washing houses with toilets to improve the hygiene situ
tion and prevent diseases from the outset. Mothers are guided by our village health workers to improve
their hygiene habits. All malnourished children under five years and pregnant women receive a cooked
meal. The children are measured and weighted regularly to monitor their weight and health
. Monika Golembiewski, a pediatrician from Germany, builds up this medical village deve
opment with preventive focus since 19 years and makes every effort to enable the Santal children to have a
healthy development. For the last five years her daughter in law Silvia, a development economist,
. We clearly see the success of the nutrition programmes, as newborn babies have a higher
birth weight , morbidity decreases and a strong mental development of the children is observable.
After the nutrition program: Shining Eyes!
vitamin, mineral and protein supplements:
micronutrient supplements for the malnourished children in
programmes. Moreover, we plan to conduct a randomized control trial on the
ICDS Anganwadi Centre meals for children under five, which are provided by the
. We assume that children could be more healthy, if Anganwadi meals were
richer in vitamins, minerals and proteins or rather if the mother knew more about nutrition, hygiene and
want to identify the most effective way to reduce child malnutrition in West Bengal, India.
edical development project in India
3ooo children under five years of age die in India every day as a consequence of under- and
malnutrition. The Santals in our rural project area around Santiniketan, West Bengal, are subsist-
ence farmers who cultivate rice. Vegetables, eggs, meat and fruits are rarely available with these
lies. Instead they use to eat plain rice, sometimes along with some pulses or potatoes. As vitamins,
the children show clinical signs of iron lack, vitamin A
and B lack as well as mental retardation. They suffer from preventable infections frequently and are there-
fore at risk of dying. Pregnant women mostly suffer from night blindness and anemia.
at Santiniketan to give medical care to the
malnourished and infected children as well as to the pregnant ladies. We offer five nutritious meals a day
ow to prepare a healthy meal at low cost. We also
offer nutrition and hygiene education at our health care centre and guide the mothers to start kitchen gar-
dens and duck husbandries in their homes to change the deeply rooted food habits slowly. Children with
pneumonia receive a profound medical treatment at our hospital.
with toilets to improve the hygiene situa-
health workers to improve
their hygiene habits. All malnourished children under five years and pregnant women receive a cooked
meal. The children are measured and weighted regularly to monitor their weight and health
. Monika Golembiewski, a pediatrician from Germany, builds up this medical village devel-
opment with preventive focus since 19 years and makes every effort to enable the Santal children to have a
lvia, a development economist, supports
nutrition programmes, as newborn babies have a higher
birth weight , morbidity decreases and a strong mental development of the children is observable.
for the malnourished children in our hospital and also
a randomized control trial on the
for children under five, which are provided by the
be more healthy, if Anganwadi meals were
ore about nutrition, hygiene and
reduce child malnutrition in West Bengal, India.
Santals in the project area use to cultivate rice Hygiene and nutrition are inadequate
Early motherhood is very common Eye diseases are the order of the day
Our children’s hospital is a preventive centre Sick children receive medical treatment
Their mothers are trained in nutrition In the villages we build up washing houses with toilets
All children in the villages are weighted, measured and physically examined
The children blossom out during the nutrition programmes, the newborns have a higher birth weight
Hygiene improvements are practiced Kitchen gardens enrich the diet at home
Moringa leafs are dense of proteins, vitamins and minerals and are mixed in the children’s food
Shining Eyes – medical first aid for children and socioeconomic village development in India e.V.
Dr. Monika Golembiewski, Buchernstr. 5/2, 74223 Flein, Germany, e-mail [email protected]
phone Germany 0049 7131 250221, phone India 9434945665, www.shiningeyes.de