A COMMUNITY DRIVEN MULTISECTOR APPROACH TO ADDRESS MALNUTRITION

NUTRITION SMART VILLAGES

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HOW WE DID IT OUTREACH 5 GOOD PRACTICES KNOWLEDGE & LEARNING HUB GLOBAL SCALING UP STRATEGY

Welthungerhilfe’s ‘nutrition smart villages’ is an informed village that understands ‘nutrition’ in its practical terms and takes appropriate steps to address them. Here, communities are aware of the linkages between agriculture, natural resources, WASH, income andnutrition education with nutrition.

HOW WE DID ITA multisectoral approach encompassing a combination of ‘systemic interventions’ at different levels. The approach is designed to shift the underlying causes of chronic hunger and malnutrition based on the following four interlocking strategies:

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01FOSTER BEHAVIOR CHANGE AT

HOUSEHOLD LEVEL;

02STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT

COMMUNITY-BASED INSTITUTIONS;

03ACTIVATE AND IMPROVE

SERVICES AT COMMUNITY LEVEL;

04ADVOCATE AND PROMOTE A MULTISECTORAL COMMUNITY-BASED IMPLEMENTATION MODEL FOR THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD. ‘HELPING

PEOPLE TO HELP THEMSELVES’ IS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE.

260 NSVs initiated in

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5 NUTRITION SENSITIVE INTERVENTIONS

NUTRITION CAMPS01

SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEMS (SIFS)02

03

04 NUTRITION SENSITIVE MICRO PLANNING

05 STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS

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KNOWLEDGE & LEARNING HUBOver the years, Welthungerhilfe and its partners developed a series of training manuals and publications which gives a clear understanding of the NSV concept. This set of manuals are meant to create and advocate for a systematic and uniform messaging on food and nutrition security. These include good practices that demonstrate the multisector approach by building capacities and knowledge of the families and community.

Manuals & Poster Film & Video

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This is a user manual for the community volunteers/facilitators. It also serves as training module for the master trainers and the volunteer/community facilitator.

This manual in the shape of a flip book on integrated farming is meant to be a reference document for lead farmers who implement some of the Integrated Farming Systems in their own farms.

The Nutrition Camp Manual serves as a standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the community service providers.

This is a toolkit for bare-foot planners and local government.

A compilation of the good practices adopted by Welthungerhilfe’s partner NGOs working in food and nutrition security in Bangladesh, India and Nepal.

MANUALS

DIGITAL FILM AND VIDEO LIBRARY

Countries under Phase I

Countries under Phase II

Possible countries under Phase III

GLOBAL SCALING UP STRATEGYNutrition Smart Villages are planned to be scaled up in three African countries during which Welthungerhilfe India and its South Asian network partners will act as a learning and knowledge hub and provide capacity building and implementation guidance. The countries have been strategically selected; Ethiopia in North East Africa, Malawi in Southern Africa and Sierra Leone in West Africa. These countries will become in future the learning and knowledge hubs to support exponential scaling in further 2-3 countries of each region.

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New Delhi – 110017sweta.banerjee@welthungerhilfe.de

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Mob: +91 8827129457

Nepal Country OfficeBakhundole, Lalitpur

P.O.Box: 20800 | Kathmandudeependra.chaudhari@welthungerhilfe.de

Tel: +977 (1) 5552060 | 5520437Mob: +977 9842843775 | 9819959985

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Tel: +8801712118365

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