Tin is of the children supported by the Nu Skin Southeast Asia Children’s Heart Fund. When Tin was a toddler, her mother noticed that she was breathing abnormally. After several visits to the doctor, she was diagnosed with a heart condition. Tin’s condition prevented her from playing outdoors with other children, and it deprived her of the chance to go to school. Tin’s family could not afford the operation needed to provide her with the proper cardiac treatment.
With the assistance provided by the Southeast Asia Children’s Heart Fund, Tin underwent a successful surgery and is now a healthy child....
Eight-year-old Selina, five-year-old Precious, and two-year-old Jason, along with their parents, Lawrensce and Laika, came to SAFI to learn modern farming and livestock skills. While their parents learned ways to become self-sufficient, the children went to school. One of the Kaponda family’s main goals was to build their family farming business so the children would have an opportunity to attend school when they returned home. Now that the family has returned to their home village of Khongoni, they have started implementing what they learned at SAFI. They are also teaching others in their village. The Kapondas are very grateful to...
Every child deserves a happy and healthy future. See how Nu Skin's Nourish The Children Initiative is addressing the overwhelming problems of hunger and malnutrition in the world.
When Su was born, her mother noticed that her breathing was shallow and abnormal. After multiple visits to doctors and specialists, Su was diagnosed with congenital heart disease when she was only two months old. Although Su was always cheerful and energetic, it was obvious that her heart condition was holding her back since she could only engage in physical activities for shorts periods of time. Su’s mother was thankful when the Southeast Asia Children’s Heart Fund provided Su with the much needed funds to make her surgery possible. Su’s life was transformed and the lifesaving surgery she received has...
The Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation provided assistance to those affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines as well as continue it's efforts to create smiles around the globe. Get caught up in the latest efforts of the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation, and Nu Skin's Nourish the Children Initiative in this fourth-quarter update. Force For Good Q4 Update
Meet three-year-old Moses. Last January, he joined the Mwaiwathu Community-Based Childcare Center (CBCC) in Machinga, Eastern Malawi. He was malnourished and very ill. When he started eating VitaMeal, he began improving so much that those around him were relieved and wanted to know more about VitaMeal and the Nourish the Children initiative. Moses is now energetic and loves to play soccer with his friends and anyone willing to take the challenge. His health has improved and he has almost doubled his weight. When he grows up, he would like to be a doctor and give children hope for a better...
Lim from Singapore was diagnosed with congenital heart disease when he was only one month old. Because his parents lacked the funds to provide Lim with the treatment he needed, he grew slowly and lacked the energy little boys his age have. When doctors informed his parents that Lim would not be able to live past the age of 20, they realized they had to do something. Thanks to the donations to the Nu Skin Southeast Asia Children’s Heart Fund, Lim received the lifesaving surgery he so desperately needed.
Najwa helped by the Nu Skin Southeast Asia Children's Heart Fund
September 23, 2013
Najwa was diagnosed with congenital heart disease when she was six years old. Her father tried everything to earn enough money to help his daughter, but was unable to do so. Then he heard about the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation and the Southeast Asia Children’s Heart Fund. Najwa’s parents are very thankful for the donations that made her recovery possible.
On average, the Fund saves more than one child’s life every day of the year. In 2012, there were 440 other children, like Najwa, who received lifesaving surgery through the Nu Skin Southeast Asia Children’s Heart Fund.
Earlier this month, a group of Nu Skin leaders had the privilege to visit the School of Agriculture for Family Independence (SAFI) and experienced firsthand the efforts the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation is putting forward to change people’s lives.
During the trip, those attending visited local orphanages and the SAFI facilities and meeting the great families who were nearing graduation from the school.
On Thursday, August 16, 2013, twenty nine families graduated from SAFI and now have the skills and education to be self-sufficient in providing for their families, and completely enhancing their lives.
Earlier this month, a group from Nu Skin North Asia, consisting of Team Elites, Nu Skin employees and journalists from Korea and Japan, spent five days in Malawi for a firsthand look at the impact the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation, and the company’s Nourish the Children Initiative are having on the country and its people.
The group visited the VitaMeal production plant observing its operations and how it impacts Malawi community by providing VitaMeal to approximately 1,700 eagerly-waiting children. The plant that produces VitaMeal is also efficiently operated and provides jobs for local people. The Nu Skin group...
