Nutrition Intervention

Project Overview: Bangladesh is a developing country but accordance to the density of population it is big threat for the society, community, and also in Bangladesh. It is overlook that most of the people are living under malnutrition which affects fall in our economy and also individual life. Though Bangladesh has made significant progress in human development indicators in the last decade, but increase in prices of basic food commodities during the last few months has exposed the poorest segments of the population in the country to severe pressure with concerns of a worsening food security in regions with higher concentration of chronic poverty and food insecurity prior to the shock and likely rise in malnutrition.. The nutrition interventions (NI) are designed to prevent a deterioration of nutritional status of the targeted beneficiaries.

Objectives: The goal of the NIs mentioned above is to contribute to protection and improvement of the nutritional status of young children and pregnant & lactating women in the food insecure households. It is said that indomitable desire is that children may get free from malnutrition and well growth, expand their future with the assistance of family.

a) To improve the dietary intake of food insecure children and pregnant & lactating women through provision of a micronutrient fortified blended food supplement and home gardening.

b) To increase the level of participation of PLW and the children in the existing curative and preventive health care programmes of GoB and private sector.

Food assistance: In Bagerhat and Khulna district 2287 beneficiaries got fortified blended food, they were under malnutrition and also they were being deprived from the beginning of their life. It is said that now caseload are free from negative thinking, they are happy to get such kinds of nutrition. It was told that malnourished child and woman got the regenerate life to survive. They got the new version of life. And it is big heart for them those who got family ration; meantime it was very significant to survive. In Bagerhat and Khulna district 167 families got ration. Every family got 60 kg cereals and 6 kg pulse in per month. Now they are happy to get such kinds of help..

Surveys- Food needs assessment. Nutrition etc: Before selecting the project participants it is very much significant to observe the situation because it is call base of the doing something. We selected the area consultation with local administration where people are living under malnourished then visited every house and measured our participants. Based on survey we selected the beneficiaries. The initiative step was taken before doing the survey, because some of the places of Bangladesh little children are not getting their food, education, medicine, and they are living under malnutrition, really it is heart touching. It was our visualization to provide nutrition and family ration to survive properly. Because if they get such kinds of help they will get new life and get the liberation to acquire the education and survive with the nourishment. In the remote area children can not feed properly because parents can not earn their demand as a result child are becoming malnourished. So it is big help for them to get such kind of help to expand their life. It is our heart satisfaction that with the authenticity we distributed our commodities. Fortified

Food movement:
In this project 2287 beneficiaries got the nutrition food to eradicate the malnutrition from the society and also got family support. Our total distribution is give below.

Sl No	Working Area	No of Beneficiaries	Commodities
			Cereal	Pulse	Fortified Blended Food
01	Bagerhat	1368	18.900(MT)	1.890(MT)	30.780 (MT)
02	Khulna	919	11.160(MT)	1.116(MT)	16.177 (MT)
Total		2287	30.060(MT)	3.006(MT)	46.957 (MT)

Training under Nutrition Interventions:

Implementation arrangements: As an implementing partner we were so much concern about our preceding activities. Never wants to manifest our dereliction about our errands. Always we tried to implement the given responsibilities. When we started our journey we took it as a challenge and working with the action plan. We selected the best process of transportation for moving the food or commodities. And it is our observation that on right time we transported all the commodities in right place distributed to the beneficiaries. We are so much pleased to show the proper utilization of the commodities.

Trainings : Continuously arranged seminar , training and also gave training to VNP so that all the activities can run smoothly. We furnished our programme with the accountability. Every aspect we take challenge to overcome our hindrance and tried to furnish our programme nicely. We did not abeyance our activities; unceasingly we try to input the food and nutrition basis concept to beneficiaries. Our main concept was to make conscious about their health and change their fate.

A. Food and Nutrition Basics

B. Health, Hygiene and Sanitation

And it is our heart confidence that we completed our given responsibilities. And beneficiaries learn a lot to change their fate.

Output : Now people are concern about their children they understood that children are the future of nation. Now they are giving the emphasize of their children health. Village's mothers participated in the nutrition education secession. They said, they are so much happy to get such kinds of help for their children also families. After getting the food children are growing and becoming healthy. They said that if WFP continue the NI program then their children will be nourished and malnutrition will be eradicated from the society as well as Bangladesh. And economically they will be self dependent.

That is real fact that in different places we saw children, pregnant and Lactating mother were living under malnourished but after getting and eating the food they are growing and becoming healthy. Totally they got the new life and change the symptom of their life. Children got new version of life and families got way to survive in the society.

JOYADA'S FAMILY CHANGE THEIR FATE IN ECONOMICALLY AND GOT GOOD HEALTH

Everybody wants to live in the society with the fundamental needs and wants to augment their life for the future but all the hopes may not come true. As like our one caseload name is Joyada Howlader. Her fathers name is Emdadul Howlader Mothers name Sumi Begum Villag Choto Sonnashi upazila: Rampal under Bagerhat district. Her father is day labour. Joyada was suffering with the malnourished. Her father is the most vulnerable in the society. He could not

Present picture of Joyada

provide food for the family. Some time they had to starve because fathers could not earn money. Firstly we did the survey and according to the category and measurement she is severe because her measurement was11.00 we enrolled her and started to provide fortified blended food and gave a ration card.
After 3-4 month we saw she is well nourished and became good healthy. Her measurement is 12.5. And it is good news that when she got a card Emdadul started work and tried to deposit some money because he had no house. At the time of rainy season water entered to his house. So after two month he made a nice house. Now he is happy. Sumi said, we are so much happy to get such kinds of help my daughter will be enlightened for the future and economically we developed. Now I will be able to live together. Really it was heart touching scenario. Now they got the regenerate life to live in the society. They said they have no pain because they could make a house and with their family they will be able to live in the society. They exposed their thankfulness to WFP and RRF for their great help for their family and daughter.

ETU RANI MONDOL GOT GOOD HEALTH

It is the carnal nature of human to feed their children and make healthy but for the economy problem sometime it is difficult to live with the good health. In proverbs health is wealth but Etu rani Mondol was so weak and was suffering with the malnourished. She could not feed her child. But with the assistance of WFP RRF stood up beside this family and enrolled her name to the list. And she was given the fortified blended food and started eating.

PRESENT PICTURE OF ETU RANI

After 3 month we could see lot of improvement her present status is 22 but her previous measurement was 19. Husband Himangsu Mondol said, my wife got good health and my child will be well nourished. They are so much happy to see the progress and gave thanks to the donor for their sacrificing heart.