Maurice Gerald Zafimanjaka, MPH Directeur De Projet, Le Projet De Nutrition Et Hygiène Email: [email protected]
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Save the Children in partnership with SNV Projet USAID Nutrition et Hygiène à Sikasso Cooperative Agreement No. AID-688-A-13-00004 Quarterly Performance Report Year 1 Quarter 2 January 1, 2014 – March 31, 2014 Contact Information for this report: Maurice Gerald Zafimanjaka, MPH Directeur de Projet, Le Projet de Nutrition et Hygiène Email: [email protected] 1 Contents Acronyms .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Executive summary.................................................................................................................................... 4 Reporting period........................................................................................................................................ 5 Technical assistance (TA)......................................................................................................................... 6 Travel and visits.......................................................................................................................................... 6 Major activities planned in the next reporting period....................................................................... 6 Environmental compliance....................................................................................................................... 7 Issues requiring the attention of USAID management ...................................................................... 7 2 Acronyms ASC Communautaire (Frontline Health Worker) AEA Agriculture Extension Agents ASACO Associations de Sante Communautaire ASDAP L’Association pour le Soutien du Développement des Activités de Population ATPC Assainissement Total Piloté par la Communauté or CLTS BDS Business Development Providers CLAN Community Leaders for Action on Nutrition CLTS Community Led Total Sanitation or ATPC CMAM Community-based management of acute malnutrition CSCOM Centre de Sante Communautaire DRACPN Direction Régionale de l’ inissement et du Contrôle des Pollutions et des Nuisances ENA Essential Nutrition Actions FARN Foyer ’Apprentissage et de Réhabilitation Nutritionnelle FFMSy Family Farming Marketing Systems FFS Farm Field Schools FSL Food Security and Livelihoods GOM Government of Mali HKI Helen Keller International ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics IER Rural Economy Institute IPC Interpersonal Communication IYCF Infant and Young Child Feeding JFAN Jeune Filles for Action on Nutrition MAM Moderate Acute Malnutrition MUAC Mid-Upper Arm Circumference MICS Multi-indicator Cluster Survey MOH Ministry of Health OD Open Defecation OTP Outpatient Therapeutic Feeding Program PANAC Projet d'Amélioration du Nutrition à travers des Actions Communautaires PLW Pregnant and Lactating Women USAID/NHP L’Projet de Nutrition et Hygiè ’USAID RFA Request for Applications RUTF Ready-to-use therapeutic foods SAM Severe Acute Malnutrition SBC Social and Behavior Change SBCC Social and Behavior Change Communication SIS Système ’Information Sanitaire SOW Scope of Work TA Technical Assistance TOR Terms of Reference SACCN Senior Advisors for Client Counseling and Negotiation SFP Supplementary Feeding Program WASH Water Sanitation and Hygiene 3 Executive summary During the second quarter of implementation for the USAID Projet Nutrition et Hygiene or Nutrition and Hygiene Project (USAID/NHP), the foundations for project implementation were set. The Project Director assumed his role at the start of the quarter and other key staff including the Deputy Project Director and FSL Advisor were recruited. An office space was secured and furnished in Sikasso for the project staff and a project launch was held with Malian authorities and representatives from the donor and implementers in attendance. Project overview Save the Children leads the implementation of the USAID Projet Nutrition et Hygiene or Nutrition and Hygiene Project (USAID/NHP). USAID/NHP is implemented in partnership with SNV in the Sikasso Region of Mali. USAID/NHP will reach 13,000 pregnant and lactating women and 53,000 children under two in six health districts in the Sikasso Region with the totality of its interventions over a period of five years. USAID/NHP’ goal is to improve the nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women and children under two years of age through an integrated set of programmatic approaches. USAID/NHP uses social and behavior change and community mobilization approaches to stimulate change. Approaches include Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), and Community Leaders for Action on Nutrition (CLAN) to improve hygiene and nutrition behaviors and the Farm Field Schools (FFS) and innovative Family Farming Marketing Systems (FFMSy) to improve production and consumption of nutrient-dense foods. USAID/NHP also supports the Malian Ministry of Health in addressing acute malnutrition through CMAM and encouraging Interpersonal Communication (IPC) in client- patient exchanges. Achievements and successes USAID/NHP completed its second quarter on March 31, 2014. In this quarter, the project laid much of the foundation for implementation including the identification of a project office in Sikasso, an official project launch with Malian authorities, representatives from the donor USAID, and SNV and SC, the recruitment of the majority of project staff, procurement of essential project materials, and the mapping and identification of communities to be targeted by the project for implementation. Recruitment for USAID/NHP Staffing All of the three key staff associated with the project were successfully recruited or assumed their roles during this quarter. Maurice Gerald Zafimanjaka assumed his role as Project Director on January 9, 2014. USAID/NHP successfully recruited Mr. Drissa Ouattara as Deputy Project Director this quarter. As Mr. Ouattara will start his assignment on June 1, 2014, SC staff member Dr. Aissata Diarra will act as temporary Deputy Project Director from April to May 2014. Mr. Elie Dembele took his role as Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Advisor in the last quarter, in October 2013. SNV recruited Mr. Noufou Sanogo to function as Agro-Economic Advisor to the project and he began in January 2014. Thirty (30) program staff members were recruited by Save the Children in March and will begin their field-based work from April 2014 onwards. The agro-nutrition advisor position recruitment is ongoing and is expected to be filled by end of April 2014. Project launch An official launch for the project was held on March 28, 2014 at the conference room of the Regional Health Directorate of Sikasso. Two representatives from USAID attended including Ms. Fatimata Ouattara and Ms. Mariam Cire Bah. Local authorities (territorial and technical sectors), under the leadership of the Governor of the Region, as well as local partners (UNs and NGOs) also attended the ceremony. The Project Director presented h proj c ’ o l obj c iv o h u i c p ci l u v speeches. The delegation of local authorities and partners visited the project office and observed newly purchased furniture, equipment, and vehicles. National and local media were convened to cover the event. In addition, a round table discussion was facilitated and broadcasted through a local radio station with a high coverage (Radio Kene) to inform the population about the new project. Project Office and Procurement An office in Sikasso was secured during this quarter. The office is large enough to accommodate all of the project staff. Vehicles, computers, and other essential equipment were procured. 4 USAID/Health area and Village targeting Th proj c ’ l r hip initiated the targeting of communities to be included in the project and submitted the list of proposed communities to USAID during this quarter. USAID/NHP committed to working in 1,200 villages of six health districts (Bougouni, Koutiala, Kignan, Kadiolo, and Sikasso which was recently split into two districts Nièna and Sikasso) in the Sikasso Region, of which 250 will participate in the full package of activities included in the three strategic objectives. In the other 950 villages, the project will implement some project components with the intention of complementing the other actors working in the area, such as ASDAP. In the Koutiala, Kignan, and Kadiolo health districts where ASDAP implements a similar project using SBC approaches to improve IYCF, USAID/NHP will support CMAM and CLTS. During the targeting exercise, USAID/NHP collected secondary data from individual public and private partners to draft a mapping table of key actors - where they are present, what types of interventions they support, and the duration to ensure that the project will not duplicate. This draft mapping tables was a key document used to generate discussion at a targeting workshop with all key project partners on March 18, 2018. Based on discussions and recommendations from this workshop, USAID/NHP refined its targeting criteria and identified communities for intervention. The list of communities will be submitted to USAID for approval in April 2014. Baseline survey coordination USAID/NHP has been actively coordinating with USAID and the other organizations with projects implemented by CARE and ASDAP, and funded under the same mechanism on the baseline survey. In February, consortia leaders, CARE, ASDAP and Save the Children shared their jointly-developed baseline survey methodology with USAID. SC has identified a consultant to