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TELL CONGRESS TO IMPROVE FOOD AID FOR MALNOURISHED CHILDREN Right now, the US Congress is considering changes to the Farm Bill, the law that dictates what kind of food aid assistance the US sends overseas. With better nutrition standards, US food aid could save more children suffering from malnutrition.TAKE ACTION! SIGN THE PETITION!photo: Burkina Faso © Jessica Dimmock

TELL CONGRESS TO IMPROVE FOOD AID FOR MALNOURISHED CHILDREN

Right now, the US Congress is considering changes to the Farm Bill, the law that dictates what kind of food aid assistance the US sends overseas. With better nutrition standards, US food aid could save more children suffering from malnutrition.

TAKE ACTION! SIGN THE PETITION!

photo: Burkina Faso © Jessica Dimmock

It’s been proven beyond any doubt that getting nutritionally appropriate foods to young, vulnerable children saves their lives, yet the global food aid system has not fully caught up with the revolutionary gains made in nutrition science.
Dr. Unni Karunakara, MSF’s international president
“There are millions of children suffering from malnutrition today–out of view from journalists and TV cameras. Why should they have to wait to be caught up in the middle of a war or a food crisis in order to receive the kinds of high-value foods that will help them grow healthy and strong and reach their potential?” - Dr. Susan Shepherd, MSF Nutrition Advisor This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story. Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

“There are millions of children suffering from malnutrition today–out of view from journalists and TV cameras. Why should they have to wait to be caught up in the middle of a war or a food crisis in order to receive the kinds of high-value foods that will help them grow healthy and strong and reach their potential?”

- Dr. Susan Shepherd, MSF Nutrition Advisor

This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story.

Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet. This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story. Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet.

This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story.

Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet. This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story. Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet.

This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story.

Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

Rewriting the Story

We made this video to thank you for helping to rewrite the story of malnutrition for 195 million children around the world.

As one of the more than 138,000 people in 180 countries who signed the petition demanding that donor nations stop supplying nutritionally substandard food to malnourished children and children at risk of malnutrition in developing countries, you have already helped make a significant difference.

Today, on World Food Day, you can continue to help rewrite the story by donating your profile for 24 hours.

In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet. This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story. Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet.

This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story.

Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet. This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story. Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet.

This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story.

Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet. This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story. Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet.

This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story.

Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

For the better part of the last six months to ten months it’s been clear that there has been a problem with rainfall in the Horn of Africa. In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet. This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story. Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

For the better part of the last six months to ten months it’s been clear that there has been a problem with rainfall in the Horn of Africa. In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet.

This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story.

Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

“The situation of the Somali refugees arriving in the Dadaab camp in Kenya was very critical. We found out that four in 10 children were either moderately or severely malnourished.” - Stephane Doyon, MSF Nutrition Advisor This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story. Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

“The situation of the Somali refugees arriving in the Dadaab camp in Kenya was very critical. We found out that four in 10 children were either moderately or severely malnourished.”

- Stephane Doyon, MSF Nutrition Advisor

This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story.

Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet. This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story. Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet.

This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story.

Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet. This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story. Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet.

This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story.

Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

“The situation of the Somali refugees arriving in the Dadaab camp in Kenya was very critical. We found out that four in 10 children were either moderately or severely malnourished. “ - Stephane Doyon, MSF Nutrition Advisor This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story. Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

“The situation of the Somali refugees arriving in the Dadaab camp in Kenya was very critical. We found out that four in 10 children were either moderately or severely malnourished. “

- Stephane Doyon, MSF Nutrition Advisor

This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story.

Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

Dadaab is the largest refugee camp in the world, literally the third largest city in Kenya. In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet. This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story. Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII

Dadaab is the largest refugee camp in the world, literally the third largest city in Kenya. In the Starved for Attention film “Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?” photojournalist Lynsey Addario documents the food crisis in Somalia and northeastern Kenya. All children have the same nutritional needs to grow and thrive. It shouldn’t take a war or famine to occur before vulnerable children have access to a healthy diet.

This is one of 195 million stories of malnutrition. Sign the petition and donate your profile to help us rewrite the story.

Photo: © Lynsey Addario/VII