Krachi: World Vision Ghana (WVG), a child-focused community-based advocacy organization, has launched the ‘ENOUGH’ campaign in Krachi West Municipal and Nchumuru District to help end child hunger and malnutrition. Following the successful national launch in July last year, the ‘ENOUGH’ campaign aims to raise awareness and understanding of the magnitude and severity of child hunger and malnutrition issues among stakeholders at local, national, and global levels.
According to Ghana News Agency, Madam Barbara Yeboaa Asare, Campaigns Coordinator at WVG, emphasized the need to enhance the school feeding program and provide for children within the district. She highlighted the persistent issues of hunger and stunting in these two districts, urging stakeholders to take immediate action to address these challenges. “We need the political will and enough funding for good nutrition for children and also implementation of existing policies to ensure that children are well fed,” said Madam Yeboaa Asare.
Sulemana Issah, District Nutrition Officer for Krachi, expressed his enthusiasm for the launch of the ‘ENOUGH’ campaign in the district and pledged his support for its success. Mr. Issah revealed that cases of stunting were prevalent among children in the district, with the current percentage around 27 per cent, surpassing the national average of 18 per cent. He expressed hope that the ‘ENOUGH’ program would help address cases of underweight, which is currently on the rise, as well as issues of food wastage. “It is important we support World Vision’s ‘ENOUGH’ campaign so that it can be well implemented and so that we can achieve the set target for these malnutrition challenges,” he said.
Mr. Victor Ahiagbah, the Municipal Director of Health Services, remarked on the rising issues of food insecurity and the potential of World Vision’s ‘ENOUGH’ campaign to address the situation. He noted that cases of underweight among children under five have increased to 13 per cent, food wasting is at 20.6 per cent, and cases of anaemia among pregnant women are rising to 47 per cent. “This campaign has come at the right time, and we pledge our support to working with all stakeholders to ensure that there are adequate nutritional foods for more households, especially for the children, to enable them to grow well,” he said.