A plan to get lifesaving food to malnourished kids was working -- until it wasn't

Adama Faye (right), a community health worker, weighs the son of Ndiolle Diouf at the health clinic in the village of Keur Mbar to determine if he is malnourished. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption toggle caption Ricci Shryock for NPR Yacine Lo's twins were clearly not well. Diarra and Khadim, her girl and boy, should have been busily toddling around like almost-2-year-olds they were. Instead "they were very, very weak," she says. "It's very sad to see your kids that way. …