Integrated Nutrition and WASH Response in Mayendit County ltp style="margin-top:9.95ptmargin-right:0inmargin-bottom:
9.95ptmargin-left:0in" class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtIn line with the pre-famine allocation and its
area-based multi-sectoral interventions, Samaritan’s Purse (SP) proposes an
integrated Nutrition and WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) for Nutrition
intervention to reduce the impact of malnutrition and the risks of famine in
Mayendit County, an area predicted to face severe food insecurity. The project
aims to serve at least 16,5000 individuals, including 3,700 men, 4,200 women,
4,000 boys, and 4,600 girls, while ensuring that their protection needs are met
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ltp style="margin-bottom:9.95pt" class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtBuilding on its
ongoing programming in Mayendit, SP will implement the proposed WASH for
Nutrition intervention in seven payams: Dablual, Luom, Malkuer, Rubkuay,
Thaker, Tharijath, and Tutnyang. The intervention includes the provision of
WASH facilities in six nutrition centers: Dablual, Luom, Rubnor (Rubkuay), Kuok
(Thaker), Wangkong (Tharijath), and Tutnyang in close coordination with UNIDO,
the nutrition implementing partner in the facilities. The WASH facilities will
include the construction of solar power-driven water yards, gender-segregated
latrines, and hand washing facilities. The water yards in Dablual and Luom will
be extended to the nearby villages that don’t have water facilities. Besides,
SP will distribute WASH kits supplied by the Core Pipeline to Severe Acute
Malnourished (SAM) children and caretakers, accompanied by hygiene promotion.
UNIDO will identify the SAM cases and provide their list to SP. SP has 1,120
Care Group members (CGs) that provide WASH and nutrition messaging and promote
good practices in the targeted seven payams, among other responsibilities. The
CGs will follow up with the SAM cases and caretakers at the household level and
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ltp style="margin-bottom:9.95pt" class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtThe nutrition
intervention will also be implemented in the same seven payams fully integrated
with the WASH for nutrition activities in close coordination with UNIDO, which
provides Targeted Supplementary Feeding Program (TSFP) and Outpatient
Therapeutic Feeding Program (OTP) services in Mayendit. SP will primarily focus
on community-based preventive interventions in line with the national Community
Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) and Maternal Infant and Young Child
Nutrition (MIYCN) protocols by working with its 1,120 Care Group members. The
CGs will be trained on MIYCN and will be responsible for carrying out Family
MUAC screening to enhance early detection, prevention, and treatment of acute malnutrition
for children 6-59 months. They will also train caregivers on edema detection
and self-referral, follow up SAM cases and caregivers who received WASH kits,
provide tailored WASH and nutrition messaging based on their observations using
social and behavior change communications (SBCC), conduct cooking
demonstrations, and set up kitchen gardens to combat all forms of malnutrition
among children and women.lt/spangtlt/pgt

ltp style="margin-bottom:9.95pt" class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtTo enhance
self-sufficiency and sustainability, the CGs will be supported to establish
Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) groups and vegetable gardens and
trained on income-generating activities (IGAs). lt/spangtlt/pgtltpgtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtFinally, the planned response will be integrated
with SP’s ongoing WASH, Health, Nutrition, and FSL interventions to enhance the
impact and maximize cost effectiveness without
duplication. ltbrgt
The nutrition program will target 5,976 children U5
7,647 PLWs and 284 men directly. 



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