Leadership to Ensure Adequate Nutrition (LEAN)
Leadership to Ensure Adequate Nutrition (LEAN)
IDF has been implementing this project in collaboration with United Purpose with the assistance of European Union since September 2018. The main objective of this project was to contribute in the implementation of the Bangladesh Government Second National Plan of Action for Nutrition-NPAN2 (2016-2025), especially with the purpose of contributing to improved maternal and child nutrition in the Chattogram Hill Tract (CHT) areas. The project aims to reduce the prevalence of stunting of children under 5 years old by 4%, reduce low BMI prevalence among ever –married women (aged 19-49 years) by 3% and reduce undernourishment in adolescent girls by 5% in the project areas of Dighinala, Panchari, Guimara, Mohalchari and Lakkichari Upazilas.
In order to achieve this, the project was applying a life-cycle approach with targeting children, pregnant and lactating women and adolescent girls to shift attitudes and inform sustainable behavior changes, whilst creating an enabling environment for improved nutrition governance both vertically from District to National level and horizontally at the Upazila level and strengthening food and market systems across the CHT.
Activities:
The project applied a life-cycle approach, targeting children, pregnant and lactating women, and adolescent girls to shift attitudes and promote sustainable behavior changes. Key activities included providing holistic, nutrition-sensitive models to diversify diets and improve income for vulnerable groups. Efforts focused on strengthening governance systems, raising nutrition awareness at the community level, and promoting climate-smart value chains. Specific interventions included developing Women Business Centers, forming Student Brigades, organizing community events, training service providers, and supporting disaster risk reduction through plantation activities.
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