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Programme · Health
Nutrition
Finding the children who are not growing, and doing something about it.
What it is
Nutrition sits under Health rather than standing on its own, because that is what it is — a clinical matter measured with clinical standards.
The work has three parts: screening children to find who is affected, targeted support for those who are, and community feeding where need is widespread.
Who it is for
Free, and open to everyone in the community.
Children in the communities where we work, with under-fives measured separately. Free, and open to every child in the community.
How it works
- 01Height and weight measured, with mid-upper arm circumference for under-fives
- 02Status assessed using BMI-for-Age Z-score, the WHO standard for school-age children
- 03Targeted support for children identified as thin or severely thin
- 04Community feeding where it is needed
Results to date
At Toge in June 2026, 195 pupils were measured and 18 were found to be undernourished — fourteen thin and four severely thin. A further eight were overweight or obese.
We publish the undernutrition figure as 18 because that is what the term describes. If a figure of 26 appears anywhere, it includes overweight and obesity, and should say so.
- children measured
- 195
- undernourished
- 18
- within normal range
- 86.7%