John, do you know what malnutrition does to a child?
Without enough nutritious food – especially in a child’s first 1,000 days – their mental and physical development is permanently altered. Children are more likely to get sick and die because their immune systems are too weak to fend off disease. The kids who survive often can’t focus at school and end up earning less as adults.
As global disasters rise, more and more kids are facing this risk.
Like 13-year-old Kanchan, whose village in Laos has been devastated by floods. The latest bout destroyed her family’s paddy and cassava crops, pushing them into hunger.
“I’m worried about our future,” Kanchan says. To get by, her grandmother ventures out to catch fish and harvest bamboo – but they can’t live this way forever.
No child deserves to grow up like this, John. If you agree, speak up today.
