Torchlight AfricaZimbabwe's Integrated Approach to Tackling Malnutrition By f5shc July 25, 2022 5 Mins read By Farai Shawn Matiashe (Lead Writer) Zimbabwe’s economic crisis has exacerbated malnutrition among children in the country. In Harare and Bulawayo provinces,… Read more
Thought LeadershipNutrition in Children: Getting it Right Early By f5shc February 28, 2022 4 Mins read “The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.” ―… Read more
TorchlightANRiN: Offering Cost-effective Nutritional Services to Pregnant and Lactating Women in Kaduna State By f5shc December 20, 2021 5 Mins read In Maraban Jos, a densely populated community in Igabi Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Kadijah Maiwada, a Community Health Worker… Read more
TorchlightFeed well to learn well: How home-grown school feeding strategies improve nutrition and learning outcomes across Nigeria By f5shc October 25, 2021 5 Mins read “A child that doesn’t feed well cannot learn well”. Isaac Success, Dreams from the Slum. Isaac Success is the founder of Dreams from… Read more
TorchlightNutrition Interventions Securing Livelihoods in Hard-to-Reach Areas of Borno By f5shc June 29, 2021 5 Mins read The growing insurgency in Northeast Nigeria is negatively impacting the lives and health care of residents in the region, particularly mothers and… Read more
Thought LeadershipMake it look good - How perception adjustment for local foods can impact malnutrition in Nigeria By f5shc May 12, 2021 6 Mins read Four-year-old Terwase is not in school yet, so he often goes with his mother to the market where she has a small… Read more
Thought LeadershipMoving from advocacy to action in the fight against Malnutrition By f5shc November 9, 2020 3 Mins read The COVID-19 pandemic has not just exposed the fragile nature of the health systems of most developing countries, including Nigeria, but has… Read more
NutritionTorchlightA Different Kind of Charity; Empowering Orphanages to Fight Malnutrition in the FCT By f5shc April 16, 2019 7 Mins read Orphanages are not uncommon in Nigeria and across different parts of the globe. The United Nations Convention on the rights of the… Read more
NutritionTorchlightNGOs join hands to tackle malnutrition in Benue’s IDP camps By f5shc February 25, 2019 5 Mins read The morning sun is rising at Abagana Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Benue state. Eunice Gabriel sits outside a classroom hall, peeling… Read more
NutritionTorchlightTackling the challenge of child malnutrition in simple ways: Kaduna State’s approach By f5shc February 4, 2019 6 Mins read It’s cold and dusty, a typical harmattan morning for the residents of Barnawa, a suburb of the city of Kaduna, in Kaduna… Read more