Lesson 3: Rations Foods and Recipes Pregnant and breastfeeding women will prepare a snack with 1 part CSB of CSB and one spoonful of oil for themselves each day. Ration foods will increase the health of the growing infant and help the breastfeeding woman produce breast milk and maintain good health. CSB snacks are made with local foods replacing one portion of local flour with one portion of CSB for welwel, cob, kissra or assida. CSB porridge (medida) can be made with one part CSB and 4 parts water, boiled for only five minutes. Add oil, salt, fruits, vegetables, and nuts to help mothers and children grow tall and strong (increases micronutrients in the body). Caregivers will prepare one extra snack for children 6 months to 2 years of age in additional to their normally eaten foods each day. The extra porridge will help them grow well and avoid malnutrition and sickness. Snacks will include any of the following: welwel, cob, and porridge. Caregivers will add bulgur, lentils and oil to family foods each day. Family rations give energy, strength and help all family members to sickness and malnutrition. To prepare lentils mix one part lentils with 3 water. Boil for 20 minutes. To prepare bulgur mix one part bulgur with two parts water. Boil for 20 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes to let the water absorb. Pour off excess water as needed. Materials: Attendance Registers Leader Mother Flipchart Food and materials to prepare local foods with a daily portion of the ration. Lesson 3 Summary Game: Hello Hello Attendance and Troubleshooting Share the story: Nyanpiet Doesn’t Gain Weight. Ask the current eating habits and traditions in their home the meaning of each picture on flipchart pages 22-27: Rations for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women, Rations for Children, and Rations for Adults.
Ask the group to select an Activity Leader who will be responsible to coordinate the supplies and preparations for the activities in the next module. She will make sure that each volunteer brings one or more of the needed items for the lesson’s activities. She will come to each of Module 2’s meetings ten minutes early so the promoter can give her the list of needed items and explain the activity for the next lesson. The Activity Leader will then ask for volunteers who are willing to bring the needed items during the “Attendance and Troubleshooting” section. She will also assist the promoter during the day’s activity. Explain the needed items for the activity in Lesson 1 of Module 2. Help the Activity Leader to organize these items with the volunteers for the next meeting. Story: Watching Child Growth (Picture 4.1) ─ 10 minutes 3. Story: Read the story on page 28 of the flipchart. The old woman, Nyanbai explains, “Our care group wanted to see if these new practices helped our children to grow. We took our children to the health clinic every month to be measured and weighed. Pregnant women went every three months to the clinic to have their belly measured. We were encouraged. Even small changes helped our children to grow. It encouraged us to keep working.” 4. Ask about Current Practices Read the questions on page 28 of the flipchart. Why did the decide to watch their children’s growth? How did watching growth encourage them to continue? With your last child, what did you do to make sure they were growing well? Ask the first two questions to review the messages from the story. The women wanted to see if the new teachings made changes in their children’s growth. They wanted to see if the teachings were true – they could really make our children taller, stronger and healthier. The women were encouraged. The children and pregnant women were growing very well. The health workers showed them that these children were much stronger, taller and healthier since the program began.