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Grant no. PDC-0261-A-00-5071-00 to Meals for Millions Freedom from Hunger Foundation
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Grant no. PDC-0261-A-00-5071-00 to Meals for Millions Freedom from Hunger Foundation
Matching grant to the Meals for Millions Freedom from Hunger Foundation (MFM) to expand and replicate successful applied nutrition programs (ANP"s) in Antigua, Ecuador, Honduras, Sierra Leone, Kenya, and Thailand; to continue to establish an ANP in Nepal; and to implement ANP"s in six additional developing countries.
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Abstract
ANP"s focus on integrated approaches to improving maternal/child nutrition. A.I.D. funds will be used to help: (1) conduct baseline surveys and needs assessments in new ANP areas; (2) provide training in program management to local staff and food and nutrition training to community workers and beneficiaries; (3) monitor the nutritional status of children aged 0-5; (4) promote small locally planned and managed development projects: (5) promote coordination among government and NGO activities and integrate resources and services (e.g., health care, family planning, agriculture, and sanitation) provided by other organizations into ANP"s; (6) strengthen and diversify technical capabilities to improve program management and nutritional impact; (7) refine project planning and management systems; (8) increase knowledge, experience, and technical expertise throughout MFM and within ANP countries; and (10) institutionalize ANP"s in Antigua, Ecuador, Honduras, and Thailand.
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