Produced as part of Food Rights Now – a European-wide hunger and food rights awareness campaign engaging young people in learning about food, nutrition and ending world hunger. This primary school teachers pack features the Middle Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) arm band, a tool used by health workers in international development NGOs in responding to extreme cases of hunger and famine:
“In an emergency situation, it is important to assess the situation quickly and accurately so that those in most need are assisted. The MUAC band is designed to facilitate a rapid evaluation of a child’s level of malnutrition. It is a small paper band that is wrapped around a child’s arms and when closed it has a colour-coded indicator that shows if a child is healthy (green), slight malnourished (orange) or severely undernourished (red). By using the MUAC band, along with an assessment of their general appearance, those responding in an emergency situation can prioritize the children most at risk, saving many lives.”
This resource illustrates how development co-operation and development education
are inextricably linked.
Produced by: Concern Worldwide and 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World
Year: 2013
Courtesy of Michael Doorly
Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects is organised by developmenteducation.ie, an online hub focused on learning about the unequal and unjust shape of the world today, and is coordinated by Aidlink, Concern Worldwide, the Irish Development Education Association, the National Youth Council of Ireland, Self Help Africa, Trócaire and 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World.
DevelopmentEducation.ie is part funded by Irish Aid.
