Lots of time was spent weighing and measuring the 350+ kids at the schools in Chipulukusu and Kasompe this month. That's lots of wiggling little bodies to get on and off of scales and to tell to "stand up straight" as they're measured against the wall! If it took 30 seconds per child that's 3 hours of measurements!! They have just one scale in each school and asked us to consider providing an additional scale at each place to speed things up. The Kafwa health workers are planning to weigh and measure the kids each school term as one indicator of their health status. It's hoped the additional school lunches will improve both nutrition and attendance at school.
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