Due to the heavy crime problems here in Haiti, it is easy to see why so many babies and toddlers are malnourished and have to be brought to Malnutrition Centers. It is because the working parents (who sell) cannot get their produce, chickens, or whatever it is they sell to the markets due to a high concentration of gangs in our streets.

This is Daniella, one of our Love A Child young ladies. She is helping out with the children. Food is so scarce now, that mothers often leave a child at a Malnutrition Center and may “never go back for them!”

Now, when a mother comes in with a malnourished child, they go to our Jesus Healing Center first and they are examined thoroughly to see how bad they are. More than likely, they will be sent to our Malnutrition Clinic. After a thorough checkup again, and paperwork is done, the mother can leave, but she has to be accompanied by one of our workers. He must know the name of her town, her family, her Pastor if she attends Church, and our worker will take pictures of the house and family “in case the mother does not come back for her child.”

This is happening more and more frequently. In order to keep the mother coming to see her child, we send home a box of food so that she can feed the other children! Our hearts are broken because these little ones are innocent. They just want to live.

Sherry