COMMUNITY NUTRITION I

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The Community Nutrition Project development objectives are to 1) halt a further deterioration in the nutritional status of the most vulnerable groups (malnourished children under 3 years of age and pregnant and nursing mothers) in targeted poor urban neighborhoods; 2) provide potable water to unserviced neighborhoods of the nutrition program; and 3) enhance household food security in poor rural and urban areas during critical periods of vulnerability. Its implementation objectives are to demonstrate the feasibility of targeted, efficient and cost-effective delivery of community nutrition interventions and execute a poverty-oriented program through a privately operated agency. The project consists of three major components. The first encompasses a nutrition program consisting of information, education and communication (IEC) interlocutors supported by supplementary feeding for the target population in urban areas and a small fund for research and development. The second component funds a water program in the targeted neighborhoods of the nutrition program. The third component is a pilot rural household food security program. As an integral part of these components, there will be a package of managerial health and technical assistance and training to build local capacity for nutrition/health services delivery, and a management information system for monitoring and evaluation.