By Previnex®
EDITOR’S NOTE: EACH MONTH, WE WILL BE SHARING A STORY OF IMPACT ON HOW OUR VITAMIN DONATIONS TO MALNOURISHED CHILDREN ARE CREATING HEALTH AND MAKING A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE CHILDREN WE SERVE. WE HOPE YOU FIND THESE STORIES DEEPLY MOVING AND ENCOURAGING.
September 2018: Dieuthro is only eight months old, but already so weak. His hair is brittle and turning red, a clear sign of malnutrition. When a community health worker saw him last, she reported, "He didn't even have the energy to cry." During another recent visit, a community health worker took his mid-upper arm circumference. Dieuthro is in the red zone, which is another clear sign of being malnourished.
"I am so worried about Dieuthro," said his father, Diemetre. "He is so weak."
Dieuthro lives with his parents and older brother in a very remote community in Haiti. His mother has a cognitive disability and his father, Diemetre, is too sick to work. Diemetre does his best to provide for his family but is struggling to get even one meal on the table every day.
November 2019: Everyone who has met Dieuthro, heard his story, or seen his pictures in September of 2018 has been rooting for him since he came into our charitable partner, CMMB's Angel Investor community last year. Dieuthro has been receiving food, clean water, and Super Vites® as part of the Previnex Get Health, Give Health® Program. Everyone has been encouraged and is thrilled to see him growing and starting to really thrive, and he is no longer showing signs of severe acute malnutrition!
Dieuthro is now 13.8 kg which is well within the range of normal for a two-year-old child. He receives food and clean water support through CMMB, but the vitamins he is receiving are really making the difference. Dieuthro was improving with nutritional support but continued to struggle absorbing all the nutrients from his food—and the multivitamins he receives have helped solve this issue.
Dieuthro has been taking vitamins since early August. His father is so grateful for the love and support his son has received from the CMMB team and their Angel Investor Program, and of course, Previnex!
How Can You Help Children & Make An Impact: Join us in our mission to improve health for everyone! Through our Get Health, Give Health® Program, for every purchase, or simply by signing up for our e-newsletter, we donate a bottle of our premium, clinically effective children's multivitamin, Super Vites®, to a malnourished child. To-date, through the help of our loyal customers and amazing partners, we've donated over 600,000 vitamins to the most in-need children around the world!
Join us in our mission to improve health for everyone and learn more at Previnex® Gives Back.
