In fact, many kids here are small for their age, reflecting a growing crisis of malnutrition across Venezuela. In a survey published in May 2021, the development group Caritas found that 42% of over 46,000 measurements taken from children in Venezuela’s poorest neighborhoods reflect stunting or wasting. That means the children are too short or underweight for their age. It’s a problem that must be dealt with immediately, says Susana Rico, acting director of the United Nations World Food Program in Venezuela. “If you miss good nutrition up to age 6, most likely you will not develop your full physical and cognitive potential,” she says. By John Otis. Full Text -> NPR

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De hecho, muchos niños aquí son pequeños para su edad, lo que refleja una creciente crisis de desnutrición en Venezuela. En una encuesta publicada en mayo de 2021, el grupo de desarrollo Caritas descubrió que el 42 % de más de 46 000 mediciones realizadas a niños en los barrios más pobres de Venezuela reflejan retraso en el crecimiento o emaciación. Eso significa que los niños son demasiado bajos o tienen bajo peso para su edad. Es un problema que debe ser tratado de inmediato, dice Susana Rico, directora interina del Programa Mundial de Alimentos de las Naciones Unidas en Venezuela.”Si no tiene una buena nutrición hasta los 6 años, lo más probable es que no desarrolle todo su potencial físico y cognitivo”, dice. Para traducir el texto original recomendamos -> Google Translación

“Hoy 16 de septiembre, me reuní con David Beasley, director ejecutivo del Programa Mundial de Alimentos de la ONU. Firmamos el compromiso de cooperación con este prestigioso ente internacional, con el que hemos alcanzado importantes logros y vamos por más”, publicó el mandatario en su cuenta de Twitter. Full Text-> HolaNews

Courtesy translation-> “Today, September 16, I met with David Beasley, Executive Director of the UN World Food Program. We sign the commitment to cooperate with this prestigious international entity, with which we have achieved important achievements and we are going for more ”, the president published on his Twitter account.

The families of Venezuelan school children living in poverty this week began receiving food rations from a United Nations agency. The parents or guardians of children under the age of 6 in the northwest Venezuelan state of Falcon received a monthly ration for each child of 13.2 pounds (6 kilograms) of rice, 8.8 pounds (4 kilograms) of lentils, a pound (450 grams) of iodized salt and 33.8 ounces (1 liter) of vegetable oil. Full Text -> ABCNews

The World Food Program says it has delivered a first batch of food for thousands of school children in Venezuela. The delivery follows a deal concluded earlier this year between the U.N. food agency and the government of Venezuela.  Schools in Venezuela currently are closed.  So, World Food Program spokesman Tomson Phiri says his agency will provide take-home rations, which families will pick up at the schools where the children are enrolled. By Lisa Schlein. Full Text-> VOA

The first batch marks the beginning of a foreign aid program that has the goal to feed 1.5 million children in Venezuela by end of the 2022-2023 school year. According to Beasley, the shipment contains roughly 40,000 food packages for school children under the age of 6, Anadolu reported.  Full Text-> MEHRNews

The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has reached a deal with the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela to provide food to the country’s schoolchildren. Child malnutrition has been on the rise as Venezuela’s once-prosperous economy has gone into freefall and health services have collapsed. Full Text -> Yahoo!News