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Helping babies grow: Azuceny

June 4, 2016 //  by michael.shead

Azuceny Graciela is four months old. She came to the milk program at ASELSI — the ministry we work with here in Guatemala — 4 months ago still weighing only 6 pounds. When Azuceny was born, the doctors did a C-section but found that baby Azuceny’s mother had cancerous tumors in her stomach. Things were …

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Milk Program: Little Walter

April 21, 2014 //  by michael.shead

Please pray for a little boy in the ASELSI Milk Program named Walter Alejandro. He is 1 year and 1 month old and only weighs 11 pounds and 12 ounces. He drinks watered down milk and other oatmeal type drinks throughout the day because his mom is trying to stretch the powered milk that ASELSI …

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Milk Program stories: 2 years, 17 pounds

September 7, 2013 //  by michael.shead

At the ASELSI Milk Program, Chrisi works with many very malnourished babies and children every week. At the clinic, we help provide these young ones with formula or milk, vitamin fortified health drinks, cereals and a months supply of vitamins. We measure and weigh these children every month as well as assess them for any …

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Milk Program: Gaining Weight, Beating Statistics

August 8, 2013 //  by michael.shead

Guatemala has one of the highest infant mortality rates in all of the Western hemisphere. Here’s an example of one little guy who is beating those statistics. In the ASELSI Milk Program where Chrisi serves every week, we see many very malnourished babies and children. One story we would like to share is of an …

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Milk Program: a desparate fight

August 8, 2013 //  by michael.shead

We have a little boy named Rogelio Peliz in the ASELSI Milk program. He is 1 year and 8 months old and only weighs 14 pounds and a quarter. He has been in the 14 pound range now for 4 months. Despite our constant attempts to educate his mom on how many ounces of milk/vitamin …

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