RDIF Search Site Map Travel Pack Fighting malnutrition in Korogocho, Kenya Most of Korogocho's 650,000 residents live in extreme poverty. They survive in mud, rag and cardboard shacks roofed with corrugated tin or grass. Sewage and mud flow from nearby Nairobi into the alleyways between the homes. Acute diarrhea, respiratory tract infections, measles and malnutrition are the leading causes of death.
Adults suffer from typhoid, cholera, malaria, tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases.
The MAP pharmacy at the Redeemed Gospel Church's clinic is the only clinic providing essential medicines and first aid supplies to the entire project area. To learn more about the activities of MAP East and Southern Africa , click here . The more cases of malnutrition we get, the more we know that we are reaching out to the people. We treat them and the mothers tell other people about us. In so doing we are able to reduce the cases of malnutrition.