RY CHILD DEVELOPMENT

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The Child Development Project, aims at implementing the coordinated efforts of the pilot area-based program in Yemen, and improve the health, and nutritional status of children under five, and the educational status of girls in primary schools, specifically, in those districts currently under-served in health, and educational aspects. The components are the following: 1) Community readiness program, to provide training in assessing needs, planning, and social mobilization, to improve the community involvement in project participation. 2) Health, to strengthen the districts' health care system, in addressing relevant diseases, such as respiratory, and childhood diarrheal diseases, in addition to safe-motherhood and immunization. Construction works related to water supply, and sanitation, will be included. 3) Nutrition, to provide counseling, and nutrition education for improving children's nutritional status, and further address growth monitoring, and micro-nutrient supplements. 4) Education, to expand the girls' access to quality primary education, through innovative community-based schools. Women teacher training, and educational materials will be provided. 5) Early Child Development (ECD) pilot, to identify models for future expansion, towards improving access to education, among children in difficult circumstances, supported by studies on child rearing, and ECD interventions.