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Click here for the agenda and for information on participating groups at the Izumi Foundation First Annual Grantees Meeting, held June 16-17, 2009

Congratulations to our November 2009 grantees:

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Mano a Mano International Partners

Meds and Food for Kids

Malaria Consortium


The next Board meeting to select new grantees is April 8, 2010
page title: field Stories

Meds and Food for Kids, Haiti: Giving an Infant a Second Chance at Life



Pierre at the admission date,
CL Clinique
The average weight for a healthy American newborn is 7.5 pounds. That’s more than 10-month-old Pierre weighed when his cousin brought him to MFK’s Camp Louise Clinic -- about 10 miles west of Cap-Hatien, Haiti -- in November 2007. Pierre’s mother died when he was 5 months old.

When he entered MFK’s program, Pierre’s abdomen was sunken, and his ribs were visible through his skin. He weighed just 7.3 pounds. For the first few weeks, he struggled with diarrhea and was given antibiotics and albendazole for parasite infection.



Pierre at the second visit
But soon, MFK’s Medika Mamba therapeutic food mixture began producing results. On his fifth weekly visit, Pierre weighed 9 pounds. On his ninth visit, he was up to 10.7 pounds. And at the 13th and final visit, Pierre weighed 11.8 pounds, a 62 percent increase from his original weight.



Pierre at the 7th Visit
Infants born in Haiti may not have the advantages of American babies. But thanks to MFK and its many friends, Pierre and others are getting the chance to grow up strong and healthy. Your support DOES make a difference.