Meanwhile, fewer malnourished children are reportedly being admitted to nutritional centres in Bugesera region, FEWS said in its latest update. It noted however acute malnutrition had been more severe since February - March. FEWS attributed this paradoxical situation to fact that families who migrated to other regions late last year to cope with food shortages had returned home where they “have nothing to harvest and their children have little to eat”. It said that the very destitute who were not even able to migrate did not cultivate as they had no access to seeds, nor were they harvesting. FEWS noted that through joint UNICEF and WFP efforts, Nyamata hospital was recently able to provide free food to mothers of severely malnourished children so they could stay at the hospital and their children could recover.
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