| Project Location |
Kapilvastu |
|
PROGRAM STAFF |
5 |
|
SUPPORT STAFF |
2 |
|
NAME OF CLIENT/DONOR |
AWO International |
|
START DATE (Month/Year) |
2 May, 2024 |
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COMPLETION DATE (Month/Year) |
31 Oct 2025 |
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APPROX. VALUE OF SERVICES |
Euro 150,000 |
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NAME OF ASSOCIATION FIRM, IF ANY: |
None |
|
NAME OF THE FOCAL PERSON AT CEAPRED HEADQUARTER |
Mr. Keshab Datta Joshi, Sr. Program Advisor |
NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:
The “Promotion of Food Security, Nutrition, and Health (FSNH) for Children, Adolescents, and Reproductive Women of Vulnerable Households” project, funded by ADH, Germany, and jointly implemented by CEAPRED and AWO International in Buddhabhumi Municipality, Kapilvastu district, aimed to enhance food security, reduce malnutrition, and improve healthcare access among vulnerable households, particularly adolescents and women of reproductive age. The Food Security, Nutrition and Health (FSNH) Project was designed to improve the well-being and resilience of vulnerable households by addressing interconnected challenges related to livelihoods, food security, nutrition, reproductive health, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). The project primarily focused on children, adolescents, and women of reproductive age, with interventions aimed at improving access to nutritious food, strengthening livelihoods, promoting healthy practices, and improving access to essential health and sanitation services.
The project was implemented as a pilot covering 15 settlements. It directly targeted 1,500 individuals from 300 households, while an additional 1,500 households were expected to benefit indirectly from project interventions and community-level activities. The project was implemented over 18 months, from 2 May 2024 to 31 October 2025.
The project focused on achieving two key outcomes:
Key achievements:
During the project period, notable progress was achieved across four target wards (1, 2, 4, and 9) of Buddhabhumi Municipality. The project successfully established and mobilized 15 women’s groups comprising 330 members and 15 adolescent girls’ groups comprising 161 members. These groups actively fostered community participation through structured leadership approaches and regular capacity-building sessions focused on agriculture, WASH, nutrition, and reproductive health. The women’s groups were officially registered with Buddhabhumi Municipality.
The project made significant strides in enhancing food security, nutrition, and climate resilience for the target HHs. A total of 330 Integrated home gardens were established through hands-on demonstrations and trainings. Demonstration of 65 climate-smart learning centers and organization of 754 technical trainings enabled the beneficiary households to grow seasonal as well as off season high value vegetables adopting climate adaptive organic approaches. This contributed to adoption of sustainable farming practices, increase nutrition security and food diversity, and generate income. Organization of four plant clinic events served 381 farmers, providing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) tools to reduce dependency on chemical inputs.
Installation of six shallow tube wells and two water-lifting systems across eight communities benefited 110 households to provide round the year irrigation to irrigate 35 Ha of agriculture land. In schools, establishment of 14 vegetable production demonstration plots created learning opportunities for 715 students.
As a result, the beneficiaries were able to increase food production ranging from 17% to 35% (more than 20% by 76% beneficiaries) and increase income ranging from 15% -30% (more than 20% by 71.7 % beneficiaries). The food consumption of diversified nutritious food (more than 4 food types) increased from 10% at base line to 76% beneficiaries at endline.
The FSNH project significantly enhanced reproductive health and overall well-being for vulnerable women and girls. Eight reproductive health mobile camps provided services to 1,791 women and girls, including gynecological examinations, VIA screening, ultrasonography, blood sugar testing, and medication. To promote menstrual hygiene and sustainability, 12 local women were trained, who produced 1,200 locally reusable sanitary pads (which last for 2-3 years, and distributed. The project strengthened capacity of four local health posts by equipping them with essential reproductive health and malnutrition screening equipment and improving infrastructure such as patient beds and waiting chairs. Additionally, 600 individuals from 124 households were enrolled in governmental health insurance programs. Awareness-raising initiatives, including production and distribution of IEC materials, and organization of training for 445 FCHVs supported enhancing community knowledge on nutrition, food security, and health and WASH.
Besides, support to improve WASH and organization of awareness sessions on health, nutrition and WASH at four public schools contributed to improve sanitation and hygiene facilities for more than 2977 school children.
Center for Environmental and Agricultural Policy Research, Extension and Development (CEAPRED)
