Reporting Organization: | Action Against Hunger Canada |
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Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 10,469,929 |
Timeframe: | March 30, 2023 - March 31, 2028 |
Status: | Implementation |
Contact Information: |
Monique Goyette [email protected] |
Tanzania, United Republic of - $ 5,234,964.50 (50.00%) | |
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Uganda - $ 5,234,964.50 (50.00%) | |
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Nutrition (23.00 %) | |
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Reproductive Health & Rights incl. Maternal Health (6.00 %) | |
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Health Promotion & Education (5.00 %) | |
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Health Systems, Training & Infrastructure (3.00 %) | |
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Primary Health Care (3.00 %) | |
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Newborn & Child Health (3.00 %) | |
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Adolescent Health (3.00 %) | |
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Sexual Health & Rights (2.00 %) | |
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Secondary/Tertiary Health Care (2.00 %) | |
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Gender Equality (23.00 %) | |
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Human Rights, Advocacy & Public Engagement (9.00 %) | |
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Food Security & Agriculture (8.00 %) | |
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Economic Development & Empowerment (5.00 %) | |
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WASH (3.00 %) | |
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Sexual & Gender-based Violence (2.00 %) | |
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The GENTU project seeks to address the disproportionate levels of undernutrition and malnutrition among women of reproductive age (WRA), pregnant and lactating women (PLW), adolescent girls, and children under five (U5) in the target districts of Bahi and Itigi in Tanzania and Moroto, Nakapiripirit, and Nabilatuk in Uganda. This 5-year project, funded by Global Affairs Canada, will improve and sustain nutrition outcomes for the poorest and most marginalized women, adolescent girls, and children in these districts through comprehensive and integrated nutrition-specific and nutrition-determining strategies targeting individuals, communities, health service providers, and the broader health system. The project will adopt a gender-transformative approach at every stage, addressing gender-based power imbalances, challenging harmful gender norms and practices, and empowering women and adolescent girls to control the factors that influence their own, and their children’s nutrition, with the support and partnership of male power holders and government decision-makers.
Gender and age: | Adolescent females Adolescent males Adult men Adult women Children, boys Children, girls Newborns Under-5 children |
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Descriptors: | Persons with disabilities Refugees Rural Urban |
Total Direct Population: | 214,764 |
Total Indirect Population: | 92,105 |
45,000 | People reached through awareness sessions |
34 | Officers trained |
53 | Schools equipped with sanitation facilities |
2 | Research on gender analysis conducted |
57,721 | Children aged 6-59 month provided with micronutrient supplements |
68 | Staff trained on organizational development and nutrition advocacy |
20 | Advocacy campaigns conducted |
1 | Assessment conducted on Gender transformative approaches |
Improved nutrition for the poorest and most marginalized, especially women, adolescent girls, and children in Bahi and Itigi Districts in Tanzania and Moroto, Nakapiripirit and Nabilatuk districts in Uganda
Improved gender-transformative nutrition practices among pregnant and lactating women, children under 5 and adolescent girls in target districts
Strengthened delivery and utilization of quality gender-equitable integrated nutrition and health services for the poorest and most marginalized, especially women, adolescent girls, and children in target districts
Improved coordination and effectiveness of gender-focused NGOs and government stakeholders to provide community-based, nutrition-specific initiatives for women, adolescent girls, and children in target districts
Enhanced knowledge and agency among female and male caregivers and power holders for gender-equitable nutrition practices
Increased agricultural capacity, voice and decision-making power of women to produce and consume diverse, safe and nutritious foods
Increased community awareness of WASH practices that support improved nutrition outcomes
Enhanced awareness of, and access to gender-responsive, adolescent-friendly, well-integrated health and nutrition services among community members in target districts
Strengthened capacity of health system to plan, manage and deliver gender-responsive, well-integrated health and nutrition services for prevention and management of chronic and acute malnutrition in target districts
Strengthened technical and organizational capacity of gender-focused LNGOs and CBOs to design and deliver gender transformative programs aligned with national multi-sectoral nutrition strategies
Improved integration and implementation of the Gender Transformative Framework for Nutrition at national and regional levels through evidence-based research and learning
Enhanced coordination and partnerships between state actors and gender-focused LNGOs and CBOs within the nutrition sector at national and sub-national levels