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Anne Mbusu (left) is the administrator of the Masi Maminba territory in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Bandundu province. In 2010, she became aware that there was a growing malnutrition problem in Masi Manimba. A survey by the Pool d'Urgence Nutritionel du Congo found very high rates of malnutrition, triggering a response which was lead by the NGO Action Against Hunger, supported by UK aid. Action Against Hunger sent a team of doctors and nutritionists to Masi Manimba for three months. They identified and treated as many malnourished children as possible. Following the initial three month response Action Against Hunger stayed on in the town for another few months, training to community leaders like Anne, teaching them how to identify the early signs of malnutrition as well as how to better use locally available produce in order to eat more healthily. Anne Mbusu explains what a difference this has made to her town: "As a mother, it made me stop and think. Now I can breathe a sigh of relief, there is a real change. Now when you go to the hospital there are only a small number of malnourished children there, whereas before you used to find a lot. "Action Against Hunger trained us how to look after ourselves better. Thanks to the training, we consider ourselves actors now. The training helps us when we talk to a new community. We have the responsibility to raise people's awareness about the necessity to feed children well first of all, with the food we can produce ourselves. "I think families used to be reluctant to bring a malnourished child to a health centre because they thought it would bring shame on them. Also malnutrition is a disease that can evolve little by little and cause death without much notice. I think that now, the parents, the families understand that every malnourished child has to be taken to the health centre." Background Acute malnutrition is a major public health problem across the Democratic Republic of Congo. UK aid has supported the government of DRC and aid agencies including Action Against Hunger to provide emergency nutrition response programmes across DRC in 2010 and 2011. In some areas, the communities have taken the ideas that Action Against Hunger brought to them, and organised themselves to tackle malnutrition from the ground up - by forming their own co-operative farms and self-support groups. Read the full story at www.dfid.gov.uk/Stories/Case-Studies/2012/Sowing-the-seed... Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development Terms of use This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as Russell Watkins/Department for International Development'.
A boy is checked for signs of malnutrition in the local general hospital in Masi Manimba, DRC. Although UK aid has helped Action Against Hunger to reduce the levels of malnutrition in the Masi Manimba district, many families remain vulnerable and struggle to be able to afford or access a basic healthy diet. Background Acute malnutrition is a major public health problem across the Democratic Republic of Congo. UK aid has supported the government of DRC and aid agencies including Action Against Hunger to provide emergency nutrition response programmes across DRC in 2010 and 2011. In some areas, the communities have taken the ideas that Action Against Hunger brought to them, and organised themselves to tackle malnutrition from the ground up - by forming their own co-operative farms and self-support groups.
UK aid supported the NGO Action Against Hunger to provide an emergency response to a malutrition crisis in Masi Manimba in 2010. Since then, the community has taken some of the ideas that Action Against Hunger brought to them, and organised itself to tackle malnutrition from the ground up - by forming its own co-operative farms and self-support groups. Read the full story at Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development Terms of use This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as Russell Watkins/Department for International Development'.
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Masi-Manimba

Kwilu, Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa

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Masi-Manimba sits on the route: 1 hours from Bulungu.

Masi-Manimba is in Kwilu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 46,000 people. The nearest town is Bulungu, about 83 km away.

Masi-Manimba is a town in Kwilu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the headquarters of the Masi-Manimba Territory. As of 2012 the population was estimated to be 31,802. The town lies on the Lukula River, a tributary of the Kwilu River. It is on the road between Kenge to the west and Kikwit to the

Read more east. Masi-Manimba is served by Masi-Manimba Airport (MSM), with a runway length of 4,100 feet (1,200 m) and an altitude of 1,952 feet (595 m). The area was led by Anne Mbusu who was the administrator appointed by former President Joseph Kabila Kabang. She was one of the women entrusted with such a role in the DRC. The town elects seven national deputies and the majority recently were from the Unified Lumumbist Party.

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Population
45,775
Continent
Africa
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region
Kwilu
Timezone
Africa/Kinshasa
Coordinates
-4.7755, 17.8910

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