The Gift of Nutrition 2021

For several years, the Gift of Nutrition Team has been collecting donations for the Niños de Jesús Children’s Center in the Dominican Republic. The COVID situation has been especially severe for the center and its children – which is why we need your help more than ever! With your donations we will support the children and their families by handing out food. Every donation makes a difference. Be part of our Gift of Nutrition campaign!

 

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About the Niños de Jesús Children's Center

We have been raising funds and supporting the center for almost 10 years. This center is a non-profit institution established in 1990 by the Sisterhood of Mary of Schoenstatt. The center feeds and takes care of 117 children. Its main purpose is to offer health, hygiene, education and nutritional services to malnourished children (ages 0-5 years) of the impoverished community of La Victoria, north of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

 

Why we need your support

During Christmas the center will not be able to distribute food among the children. Since most of the children’s families do not have enough to eat, the children come back from break thinner and with their immune system weakened. With your donations we (1) provide the children and their families with food and (2) fill up the center’s Milk Bank for the upcoming year.

 

What is the impact?

Malnourished children experience developmental delays, weight-loss and illness as a result of inadequate intake of protein, calories and other nutrients. Malnourishment can greatly compromise a child’s immune system, making them more susceptible to infectious diseases. It not only impacts growth in the short term but can also limit total bone growth. Malnutrition negatively effects brain development, causing delays in motor and cognitive development.

 

How Gift of Nutrition will give support despite COVID

Due to current restrictions, the Gift of Nutrition team will not be able to organize a donation ceremony with all the children. However, the Gift of Nutrition Team will still deliver all food donations directly to the center. From there the center will distribute the food donations to the children and their family’s homes, ensuring all social distancing rules are complied with. Securing the health of everyone involved is our main priority.

 

Any donation, no matter what size makes a difference! Please help us get the word out! Share this campaign with as many people as you can. Talk about us on Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp, Mail.

 

If you have any questions, please reach out to one of our volunteers via Instagram.