Protein Energy Malnutrition is rampant in many of the poorest nations on the globe.  The fact that children do not have clean drinking water, decent sanitation, or a proper diet is being addressed by UNICEF and the United Nations, to name just a few of those who are dedicated to saving these children. These organizations are trying to teach young mothers how to grow better food, prepare it  and keep their kitchens, clothing, and homes, cleaner.   The mothers are being taught to grow vegetables that have food value, plant fruit bearing trees and establish and orchard, as well as how to be clean.  The problems are that the women have very little education, no clean water or sanitary facilities, and relatively few tools or funds. The World Health Organization is trying to find solutions that will work.  Often, just about the time that the people get trained and establish good farming skills and better nutrition, some problem occurs and the people have to migrate to another place and start all over again. In Africa, Ghana and Nigeria, as well as other impoverished regions, there is no stable government for any length of time. The progress in fighting PEM is very slow.