One in every three children in Pakistan is malnourished. Javeeda’s fate would have been the same, if not for Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre. Her mother shared, “ My daughter, Javeeda, our second youngest child was severely malnourished at 18 months. We couldn’t do much to improve her diet. Putting our resources towards her would mean neglecting our seven other children. Feeding her the nutritional supplements obtained free of charge at MALC was a blessing, as in 5 months I could feel her weight increasing when I carried her. When the staff told me she is in the safe zone now, I had tears of joy.
