UNICEF has handed over a project of UNIMIX
distribution to World Vision Swaziland to implement. The project is intended
for pregnant and lactating mothers in the Lubombo and Hhohho region and
consists of approximately 36 clinics.
World Vision has the required implementing
resources and personnel to handle the project.
In addition, the CSB nutrition project handled by World Vision has been extended to August. Six more clinics have been added to the existing 22. The clinics are situated in the Hhohho region, and are supplied with beans and cooking oil - UNICEF provides the UNIMIX.
World Vision Swaziland has distributed corn-soya blend, a fortified food blend, to a total of 22 clinics in the Lubombo/Plateau area.
World Vision Swaziland has distributed food to 33, 221 beneficiaries. This includes 399 tonnes of rice, 60 tonnes of beans and 50 tonnes of corn-soya blend. The food has been distributed to Plateau, which covers 14% of beneficiaries and the Lowveld, which covers 86% of the beneficiaries and food commodities.