Fortified Education Foundation making a difference for malnourished.

LAHORE -- Pakistan has a global acute malnutrition (GAM) rate of almost 18 percent, exceeding the emergency threshold which is less than 10 percent. To address this, the NGO Fortified Education Foundation (FEF) has embarked on a journey to not just feed the malnourished but feed them mindfully with certified nutritionists on-board who devise nutritious recipes to nourish the children providing them with the necessary nutrients they need to grow healthy.

Plaguing Pakistan at an alarming rate, the most affected lot remains school-going children aged between 5-15. A recent study in Karachi's urban slums found that the frequency of malnutrition among this category was found to be: 38.3% (stunting), 28.5% (wasting), 17.5% (underweight). Another study from Islamabad showed similar results, the...