Betshaina is 5 years old and weighs just under 19 pounds. She lives with her family of 10 in a 2 room home made of rocks and clay and is covered with a tin roof.  She has  2 living sisters and 5 livings brothers. She has one sibling that died from kwashiorkor.  Her parents are farmer and grows corn, grains, yams, and beans. They take these crops and sells them in open air markets to make a profit for the family.  They do not have running water at their home or a flush toilet, not even an outhouse.  They get their water from a source that is a 25 minute walk from their home.  The family traveled 1 hours by foot to arrive at the clinic. Betshaina was in out outpatient nutrition program but did not gain weight well so was transferred to the inpatient program. She is a -3 for standard deviations of weight to height which is considered severely malnourished. She was admitted for inpatient care and was started on F-75 therapeutic milk and then graduated to the medika mamba.

Davidson is 13 years old and weighed 35 pounds when admitted. He lives with his family of 8 in a 3 room home made of rocks and clay and is covered with a tin roof. He has 1 living sister and 2 livings brothers. His dad is a farmer and grows corn, grains, and beans. He takes these crops and sells them in open air markets to make a profit for his family.  His mom died when he was 3 months old, and his maternal grandmother has been caring for him since then.  He does not see his dad much.  They do not have running water at their home or a flush toilet, not even an outhouse.  They get their water from a source that is 1 hour from their home.  The family traveled 4 hours by foot to arrive at the clinic.  His sister was treated a few years ago for Tuberculosis and it is suspected that he has it as well.  He began treatment and was isolated from the other patients. He is a -4 for standard deviations of weight to height which is considered severely malnourished. He was admitted for inpatient care and was started on F-75 therapeutic milk and then graduated to the medika mamba.

Djoan is 6 years old and weighed 31 pounds when admitted. He lost 5 pounds of water weight from his edema. He lives with his family of 5 in a 2 room home made of cinder block and is covered with a tin roof. He has 1 living brother and 1 sister.   His parents are farmer and grows beans and corn. They take these crops and sells them in open air markets to make a profit for the family. They do not have running water at their home or a flush toilet but do have an outhouse.  They get their water from a source that is a 40 minute walk from their home.  The family traveled 6 hours by foot and motorcycle taxi to arrive at the clinic.  He has severe kwashiorkor and was admitted for inpatient care and was started on F-75 therapeutic milk and then graduated to the medika mamba.

Obernel is 3 years old and weighed 17 pounds when he was admitted. He has 1 living brother and sister and 1 sibling that died when it was 13 days old. The family of 5 lives in  3 room home built with rocks, clay and covered with a tin roof. His parents are farmer and grows beans and corn and grains. They take these crops and sells them in open air markets to make a profit for the family.  They do not have running water at their home or a flush toilet not even an outhouse.  They get their water from a source that is a 50 minute walk from their home.  The family traveled 2 hours by foot to arrive at the clinic.  He is a -4 for standard deviations of weight to height which is considered severely malnourished. He was admitted for inpatient care.

Johnny is 9 years old and weighed 32 pounds when he was admitted. He has 4 living brother and 1 sister and 1 sibling that died as a newborn. The family of 6 lives in 2 room home built with rocks, clay, cinder block and is covered with a tin roof. His parents are farmer and grows beans and corn, bananas and grains. They take these crops and sells them in open air markets to make a profit for the family.  They do not have running water at their home or a flush toilet not even an outhouse.  They get their water from a source that is a 40 minute walk from their home.  The family traveled 2 hours by foot to arrive at the clinic.  He is a -4 for standard deviations of weight to height which is considered severely malnourished. He was admitted for inpatient care.

Djoulensky is almost 5 years old and weighed 25 pounds when he was admitted. He lost 3 pounds of water weight from his edema due to kwashiorkor. He has 1 living brother and 1 sister and 2 sibling that died. Both of his parents have also died and he lives with his uncle. The family of 6 lives in 2 room home built with rocks, clay, and is covered with a tin roof. His parents are farmer and grows beans sweet potatoes and yams. They take these crops and sells them in open air markets to make a profit for the family.  They do not have running water at their home or a flush toilet not even an outhouse.  They get their water from a source that is a 40 minute walk from their home.  The family traveled 2 hours by foot to arrive at the clinic.  He is a -2 for standard deviations of weight to height and has kwashiorkor. He was admitted for inpatient care.