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In Belarus, thousands of children with disabilities live in specialized boarding schools (there are 9 of them in the country). Their parents left them, or moms and dads simply cannot provide proper medical support to such children. There are 109 children residing under palliative care in Belarus. These are children with complex and severe disabilities. These are children who most often cannot move, eat on their own, wash, change clothes, they say: "It hurts", "I want to eat", "Help me".

Many of them are diagnosed with malnutrition, which leads to secondary complications. For example, a child begins to get sick more often, loses skills that he or she has already acquired, and his development in the intellectual sphere and communication slows down.

These children cannot be treated, but they can be provided with a decent quality of life. Nutrition and feeding are the most important components for ensuring optimal growth and development for such children.

YOU CAN HELP TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM:

If we optimize the process of feeding children with severe disabilities (train specialists from boarding schools, arrange individual nutrition selection, purchase special equipment or food), then we can significantly improve their quality of life. They can gain the necessary weight, their health and emotional state will improve, and in some situations, they can return to their family with loving parents or get into the family environment of a foster family.

UNICEF in Belarus, together with experts from the Republican Clinical Center for Palliative Care for Children, is launching an inclusive nutrition programme. And for the comprehensive implementation of the programme, financial support is needed in all 9 boarding schools.

Support an inclusive nutrition programme to improve children's quality of life

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