With support from the United States Agency for International Development, a community in the Blantyre District of Malawi managed to increase the number of children aged 3-6 years old attending community based childcare centers (CBCCs) from 589 to 1,120 (a 90.2% increase). While doing this they identified that 217 (19.4%) of the children in the CBCC were malnourished. By working with existing structures in the government, community and local support agencies managed to improve the nutritional status of 178 children (82%).