Afi
Treatment of undernutrition
Date of birth
February 26th, 2021
Start of care
April 2021
Medical history
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Her story
Afi lives with her mom and several siblings. Her mom is a street vendor but is currently not working to take care of Afi. Her dad is a mechanic, but he doesn’t have a fixed job, and he lives away from home. When we met Afi, at 6 weeks old, we were alarmed by her weight, which was the same as when she was born (2.3 kg). In fact, her mom has little breast milk, and Afi has difficulty breastfeeding. She gets out of breath very quickly. We are now supporting her through the donation of artificial milk and medical care in our center.
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Project and main actions
- Weekly donation of artificial milk.
- Weekly check-ups with the mother to evaluate her breastfeeding.
Updates
June 10th, 2021
We continue to donate artificial milk to Afi, who keeps gaining weight every week!
June 4th, 2021
Afi continues to gain weight every week and now weighs 3.63 kg at 14 weeks. We gave her a new box of artificial milk.
May 21st, 2021
Afi continues her beautiful weight evolution with a gain of 330 g in one week! She now weighs 3.43 kg at 12 weeks. We contacted a pediatric surgeon regarding her umbilical hernia. He confirmed that it will be possible to operate on it when she turns one year old.
May 7th, 2021
Afi continues to gain weight (almost 200 g in one week) and she now weighs 2.88 kg at 10 weeks. Thanks to the guidance from our midwife, breastfeeding has started again very well. However, Afi is still in a state of severe malnutrition.
April 28th, 2021
Afi weighs 2.71 kg at 2 months old. She has gained almost 220 g in one week and is doing very well! We are very happy with her weight gain.
April 16th, 2021
Afi is doing very well! Her mom now gives her formula twice a day in addition to breastfeeding, which is now more effective. She recently had to partially resume her small business to support her children. Afi has gained about 120 g in a week and now weighs 2.49 kg. Her weight gain is reassuring, although she is still severely undernourished.
Contact us
70A Impasse de l’Amiradou
83190 Ollioules, France
+33 6 61 73 08 64
(English contact)