Falas Mura Nutrition Program
UJC has, with several other federations, sustained critical nutrition for Falas Mura families in Ethiopia awaiting an opportunity to emigrate to Israel. The Feeding Center in Gondar is open six days a week.
Adults – usually mothers – bring children under age six to the center, sometimes walking for up to four hours to complete two round trips. Each child receives half-ounce servings of eggs with oil and iodized salt (essential to warding off iodine deficiency, a common problem among Ethiopians); fafa cereal; grated carrots; mashed bananas; mashed potatoes or beans; avocado; collard greens (gomen); and oranges or bananas.
Pregnant women and nursing mothers receive the same menu, as well as a bread roll. Take-home dried beans are provided to help ensure an evening meal for the child and the rest of the family.
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