KIHEFO’s newest project is the recently opened Nutrition and Rehabilitation Center located in Kabale, Uganda. Due to the fact that Kabale district has the highest rate of child malnutrition in the country, there is a desperate need for child rehabilitation services. The Nutrition and Rehabilitation Center will help educate the people of Kigezi about child nutrition and demonstrate how families may provide a nutritional diet in an economical manner.
Beginning its pilot phase in early 2010, the center will be fully operational. Extremely malnourished children are referred to the Nutrition Center by local hospital and KIHEFO staff working in the field. Ideally the children will remain at the center for three weeks to three months depending on the severity of their condition.
The Centre is responsible for rehabilitating these children as well as administering an educational program to their mothers. The program will provide information on how to prepare the foods necessary for a balanced diet in order to aid the prevention of recurrence of malnutrition at the household level. Mothers are taught the vital components of a balanced diet using foods that are available and economically affordable to them.

The Nutrition and Rehabilitation Center will also conduct educational campaigns in order to decrease the rate of child malnutrition within local communities. These campaigns will educate community members on what is meant by a balanced diet and how families can provide such diets affordably.

Impact todate: Nabasa Beckham 9 months was admitted with 3.5kgs on 24th April 2010, he gained to 7kgs by December 2010

Below: Before.............................8 Months later