Home visits:
Home visits consist of visiting the homes of malnourished children, weighing them, measuring their height and head circumference, talking to moms about why they think their child is under-weight, offering suggestions of how to help each child, and giving out Incaparina, a vitamin-fortified, corn flour-based,
mushy-drink designed to help kids gain weight. In the photo above-right, you can see a first-year health promoter, Micaela, measuring a little girl's head circumference. The photo above-left is one of Shom and Dominga goofing around between visits.Nutrition Workshops:
So far we've done these workshops in tw
o different communities, and the workshops basically consist of weighing and measuring children to track their growth (right), and offering a nutritious snack, such as hot chocolate wi
th rice in it (left), or tamales and Incaparina for everyone who attends.Trainings:
This month, the first-year health promoters learned how to do a finger prick and check for iron deficiency (everyone practiced on a partner, including me!). Here you can see two first-year health promoters, Domitila and Ingrid, practicing on each other. Below, you can see the
hemoglobin chart they use to measure the iron level in the blood sample. Depending on the the shade of red (the darker the better), you can easily determine whether or not someone is anemic and in need of iron supplements.
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