This oral presentation was presented at the Bold Ideas for Brighter Futures Conference on child and adolescent mental health held in Cape Town, South Africa in May 2026.

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After losing two children to malnutrition, Jeanine feared she would lose her daughter Zozo as well. Through World Vision's integrated nutrition programme, Zozo received life-saving treatment before Jeanine was trained in the Positive Deviance Hearth approach, learning how to prepare nutritious meals using locally available foods and improve childcare practices. Today, Zozo has fully recovered, Jeanine has strengthened her family's livelihood through a small business, and their household is free from malnutrition. Their story illustrates how combining therapeutic care, community-based nutrition education, and economic empowerment is helping more than 1,600 children overcome malnutrition and build healthier futures in Gemena, Democratic Republic of the Congo.