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Madagascar: the country that's poor but notpoor enough for aid
With no terrorism or geo-strategic importance,the island nation slips off lists of global causes
despite widespread hunger and harsh impact
of climate change
Lahie and Njomasy, with the children - Vorito, Lovasoa, Fanampesoa and Rasoa who gained notoriety on
Facebook because o photos o their malnourished bodies! "hotograph# $hiraa% &ohamed
David Smithin Ambovombe-$unday ' November ()'*
$he had never heard o Facebook, so when shocking
photos o her emaciated children and grandchildren were posted there,
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Njomasy could little guess the ripples o angerthey would send all the way
to the president! +he amilys plight brought rare public attention to the
silent killer. o child malnutrition!
Nearly '!/ million people in southern &adagascar do not have a secure oodsupply with 0*),))) acing severe shortages, according to government and
1N 2gures published recently!! +his ollows three successive poor harvests
hit by drought!
3ne o the worst a4ected areas is the 5mbovombe district, where ew
places eel as remote, dry, hot and dustblown as the village o $atrie! +here
Njomasy and her husband, Lahie they are known by single names and
uncertain o their ages are among '( people crammed into a small house
ashioned rom tree branches and dry grass! +heir twin sons, three-year-old
Fanampesoa and Vorito, and their grandchildren, Rasoa, 2ve, and two-year-
old Lovasoa, achieved notoriety in&adagascarin &arch when photos
showing them severely malnourished were uploaded to Facebook and went
viral!
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tures o emaciated Vorito, Lovasoa, Fanampesoa and Rasoa published on Facebook earlier this year!
"hotograph# 6ohn $trauss 7otovaorivelo
5mid wild rumours that hundreds o children had starved to death, they
came to the attention o "resident 8ery Rajaonarimampianina, who then
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visited the region bearing rice and cash! 9 noticed they were very tired and
one was unconscious,. Njomasy, wearing a pink t-shirt, :oral pattern skirt
and no shoes, told the ;uardian during a media visit organised by the 1N
childrens agency 1nice!
9 thought they might die! 9 took them immediately to the health clinic and
they e
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only stuntstheir growth and increases their risk o obesity but can also
impede brain development, causing irreversible harm to memory, learning
ability and 9B!
$tunting reduces school perormance, e@uivalent to two or three lost years
o education, and diminishes earning power, 1nice says, while a stunted
girl is more likely to give birth to an undernourished baby! Cut only '(A o
malnourished children have access to treatment! D
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malnourished as children are not here any more maybe theyre dead!.
+here is an air o impotence in &osas scu4ed, tired-looking oGce in the
ace o a drought cycle going back decades and little support rom central
government! =e have spent money on di4erent solutions,. he admitted! 9
still cannot see what the solution would be! 9m a ather and 9 eel sympathy
or these children but 9 have no means and there is nothing 9 can do e
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hildren are tired and very prone to contracting diseases! 9t may impact on
the school perormance o the kids! 9nstead o ocusing on learning, they
are too worried about what theyre going to eat in the evening! 9 it doesnt
rain, 9m worried about the health and survival o the kids!.
5t the nearest clinic in 5mboasary, a tape measure was wound around the
arm o nine-month-old 6immy Lambo, who was then dropped into a blue
sling hanging rom a scale on a bare wood rame! +he results were
worrying! 8is mid-upper-arm circumerence was ound to be ''0mm J0!*inM,
his weight !(kg J'?!lbsM and his height *cm J(t 'inM!
5 woman sits with her sheep along the 5ndriantany waste water channel in 5ntananarivo! "hotograph#
+homas &ukoyaEReuters
&edical worker Ceatrice Ra%anama%ava, wearing white coat and rubber
gloves, said# 5ll the parameters have stabilised since last week! 9ts not
good news because they should have increased! +heres been a small lossin the arm circumerence! 8es severely malnourished!.
6immy was believed to have lost weight because o complications including
a respiratory inection! 8is mother, 6ulia Vaha, '/, a single mother whose
other son is also receiving treatment or malnutrition, said# 9 saw he was ill
about a month ago! 8e was getting weaker and his arms were getting
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thinner! 8e had bad diarrhoea and vomiting so 9 was rightened! =e dont
have enough to eat at home and 9 dont have enough milk!.
+he clinic has treated ()/ malnourished children in the past year, up rom
'() the year beore, and is supported by 1nice, which last year screened
more than a million children or acute malnutrition in &adagascar and
reerred ,))) cases or treatment! Ra%anama%ava said# 9ts very tough
work! 9 need a lot o patience to do the job!.
astor oil helps 2ght against poverty in &adagascar
Oet &adagascar rarely eatures on anyones list o urgent global causes! 9ts
@uiet desperation alls into that orgotten category o poor-but not-@uite-
poor-enough, perpetually hovering just above the red %one that triggers a
glut o aid, N;3s and cameras! 9t cannot claim the -word or amine, only
severe ood insecurity and, as an island o little strategic importance on the
world stage, it remains better known or its lemurs!
+he government remains undamentally unstable and 2nancially broke the
economy was ranked the worst on the planet by Forbes maga%ine in ()''!
+he outside world is amiliar with &adagascar rom animated 2lmsand
nature documentaries but knows little o its population or their poverty! 5s
the ourth biggest island in the world, it lies ?)) miles o4 the coast o
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mainland 5rica and does not threaten its borders with reugees!
Dlke =isch, 1nices country representative, said# =e have a lot o other
countries where or children the situation is not good but or some reason
those countries get more attention than &adagascar! +his is an island!
+here is no terrorism! +here are no geopolitical interests! =e are very much
o4 the map! +here is a need or an urgent priority list but &adagascar will
probably never attract donor aid like &alawi or +an%ania or 1ganda!.
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