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We work to decrease child malnutrition and provide assistance to children with congenital heart disease.
Aahar (Nutrition)
Supported By : Women to Women International Fund
Date of Inception : December 2006
Status : Ongoing (phase I completed)
Target Group : Women with children under the age of 3 years
Project Area : Mumbai G/North Ward – Kumbharwada and Kunchikurve clusters
- Kumbharwada: 2215 households, population of 9452, 81women divided into 6 groups
- Kunchikorve: 750 households, population of 2000, 75 women divided into 6 groups
Goal : To decrease malnutrition in children in the age group 0-3 years and to improve the infant and young child feeding practices of the mothers in urban slum communities.
Objective : To work with women’s groups to improve the knowledge and feeding practices followed by mothers in Kumbharwada and Kunchikurve.
Methodology:
Step I: To determine the current knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of
women towards child nutrition in the community
Step II: To form women's groups for women with children below the age of 3
years and increase their knowledge about appropriate breastfeeding and
complementary feeding
Step III: To prepare a training module containing Information, Education and
Communication (IEC) material for imparting knowledge regarding Infant and Young
Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices to the women's group
Step IV: To evaluate the impact of the training sessions on the KAP of the
women
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