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السيدة Mansura Kassim Kassim
المنظمة:
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Environment
الدولة:
جمهوريّة تنزانيا المتحدة
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Working under the Food Security and Nutrition Department within the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Zanzibar Tanzania, responsible to coordinate multisecoral efforts in addressing food insecurity and malnutrition
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السيدة Mansura Kassim Kassim
Title of the experience
Promotion of good nutrition in the first 1000 days of child development through participatory mechanisms – MWANZO BORA “GOOD START” NUTRITION PROGRAM
Geographical coverage
(E.g. national, or regional if several countries of the same region, or global if several countries in more than one region)
National: the intervention is implemented in three districts of Zanzibar namely Micheweni, Chake Chake and North A
Country(ies)/Region(s) covered by the experience
(E.g. Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi)
Zanzibar, the United Republic of Tanzania
Your affiliation
(Please indicate government, UN organization, civil society/NGO, private sector, academia, donor or others)
Department of Food Security and Nutrition (DFSN), Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Livestock and Fisheries (MANRLF), a public institution of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar.
How have the VGRtF been used in your context? Which specific guidelines of the VGRtF was most relevant to your experience?
(E.g. VGRtF have been used to develop legislative framework on the Right to Food, with specific reference to Guideline 7)
VGRtF have been used in promoting good nutrition during the first 1000 days of child development. Specifically, Guidelines 10.3, 10.5, 10.9, 11.1, 11.5 and 13.3 have been applied.
Brief description of the experience
The MWANZO BORA NUTRITION PROGRAM designed to improve maternal and child health care practises in the United Republic of Tanzania in the area of antenatal nutrition, exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding. The overall goal of the program is to improve the nutritional status of under-five children, pregnant women and lactating mothers with specific focus on reducing maternal anaemia and childhood stunting in three districts of Mainland Tanzania and three districts of Zanzibar namely Micheweni, Chake Chake and North A. The program is working to raise awareness of undernutrition during the first 1000 days of child development and its impact on society while strengthening the capacity of local institution in addressing the underlying causes of food insecurity.
Who was involved in the experience?
(Please indicate as many as relevant e.g. government, UN organization, civil society/NGO, private sector, academia, donor or others)
This program is funded by USAID through Feed the Future and the US Government Global Health Initiative, implemented by Africare in partnership with the DFSN of the MANRLF – Zanzibar. Other partners involved in the programme implementation are District Management Teams and voluntary community-based institutions.
How were those most affected by food insecurity and malnutrition involved?
(E.g. participation of CSOs representing food insecure and malnourished segments of the population in all training)
Main activities
(E.g. training of CSOs, lawyers, parliamentarians, government)
Timeframe
2012 - 2018
Results obtained/expected in the short term, with quantitative aspects where feasible (estimate of the number of people that have been or will be affected)
(Please indicate the number of people that have been directly involved in activities, e.g. 6 training sessions involving 250 people)
Results obtained/expected in the medium to long term, with quantitative aspects where feasible (estimate the number of people that have been or will be affected)
(Please indicate the number of people that have been or are expected to be indirectly affected by activities e.g. training leading to drafting legislative framework that was adopted by parliament and has potential impact on entire population of about 5 million people)
This program raise awareness on the importance of good nutrition during the first 1000 days of child development and promote adoption of essential nutrition behaviour, as such has potential to impact on entire population of about 343,063 people residing in the program implementation area.
Results obtained – most significant changes to capture
(Please indicate any significant change that resulted from the activities, e.g. change in the behavior of local authorities regarding the inclusion of civil society stakeholders in decision making, or the participation of vulnerable groups in the implementation of some programs, or a national ombudsperson/human rights institutions that started to include the Right to Food in their reporting, or changes in the access to justice, conflict resolution or administrative processes)
What are the key catalysts that influenced the results?
What are the major constraints/challenges for achieving the Right to Food?
What mechanisms have been developed to monitor the Right to Food?
What good practices would you recommend for successful results?