In the Lap of Poverty

Malnutrition can appear anywherein major cities as well as remote villages.

February 7, 2006

HIS inflamed eyes were only half open. His arms and legs were reduced to only skin and bone and his belly was bloated. His hair was black and reddish yellow, sparsely growing on his head. His skin was wrinkled like an aged man, seemingly out of his place on his 2-year-old body. With 7.5 kilograms on the scale, his weight was lower than it should be even for a younger infant.

Solihin, the poor child, was crying, whimpering and wailing by turns. Ris

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