Save Children in Accra from Malnutrition and
Starvation!
One child is estimated to die of hunger every four seconds in Accra, Ghana. Nearly forty-five
million people in thirty-seven countries in Africa are anticipated to have so little to eat that they’ll
be severely malnourished, facing starvation or at risk of death.
Each year, over three million children die from hunger-related causes. But we can save them!
Every Child Must Have Good Food
Nutrition during childhood forms children in ways that last a lifetime. The severe impacts of
malnutrition—from impaired thinking and sickness to stunted growth—affect not just them but
their families and their communities.
Food can certainly transform the course of a child’s future.
Everybody has already seen the consequence when you don’t act or delay! That’s especially
true when 26,000 individuals lost their lives in a distressing famine in the Horn of Africa in 2011.
Unfortunately, half of them were young children.
WE SHOULD NOT LET HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF!
The opportunity to avert widespread
starvation and death is closing.
The Impacts of Childhood Hunger & Malnutrition
• Productivity
It’s estimated that malnutrition and hunger cost the global economy about $3.5 trillion
yearly in increased healthcare costs, lost productivity, and emergency services.
• Growth
Malnourished children in Accra, Ghana, are often underweight and under-height. Both
are often accompanied by recurring diseases that could burden families and the public
healthcare systems.
• Cognition
Cognitive development in children is substantially affected by nutrition. Without proper
food in the initial years, many children will have impaired capabilities for the rest of their
lives.
• Health
Ultimately, when children do not have sufficient food, it directly impacts their capability to
ward off infection, and common illnesses could become life-threatening. Also, the
economic burden on families and nations can be significant.
How sos-kind Respond to Childhood Hunger in Accra
The situation becomes serious, with hunger and malnutrition increasing substantially and
thousands of people on the brink of starvation.
sos-kind is offering critical support in Accra, Ghana, where extreme hunger threatens to claim
thousands of children’s futures and lives over the next few months. We offer cash, food,
livelihood support, and essential health and nutrition services to prevent children from going
hungry, either NOW or in the FUTURE.
Our hunger relief and nutrition programmes help millions of people in Accra annually. Across the
region, our team offers breastfeeding support, counselling, vitamin supplements, malnutrition
screening, and cash transfers.
On top of that, we are pioneering new processes of predicting food crises, so local agencies can
act sooner!
✓ Food Storage
We offer farming families containers to store their crops, keeping them free from mould
and pests.
✓ Support Farmers
More than fifty percent of the world’s hungry folks are small-scale farmers. sos-kind
equips them with the resources necessary to enhance their food production.
✓ Food During Critical Stage
The most crucial nutritional window for a child occurs between pregnancy and their
second birthday. That’s when our team steps in with food created to prevent and treat
malnutrition.
Food is a Basic Human Right…
sos-kind genuinely believes every child must have the food they need to take their first crucial
steps, learn their first words, and read their first book. Your support could make a difference.
We need your help to make this a reality. Donate now!
