Schools Join The Fight Againts Malnutrition

or reduced development growth due to malnutrition, with East Nusa Tenggara and Papua showing the most alarming numbers.

The figures from the World Food Program (WFP) show, that while Indonesia has made significant

progress in meeting eradicating hunger in most provinces in the past five years, there are still challenges particularly in extremely poor-stricken districts.

As the world commemorates International Food Day on October 16,

Kompas TV looks at one model of intervention adopted by a district in East Nusa Tenggara province, in cooperation with the WFP,

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or reduced development growth due to malnutrition, with East Nusa Tenggara and Papua showing the most alarming numbers.

The figures from the World Food Program (WFP) show, that while Indonesia has made significant

progress in meeting eradicating hunger in most provinces in the past five years, there are still challenges particularly in extremely poor-stricken districts.

As the world commemorates International Food Day on October 16,

Kompas TV looks at one model of intervention adopted by a district in East Nusa Tenggara province, in cooperation with the WFP,

which has proven relatively successful in providing local children with the key nutritiens they need in the crucial 100">