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Ending Child Hunger in India. Partnering with Local Institutions for National Advocacy. National capacities: a strong basis for leverage. India: strong capacities and national resources for advocacy on child hunger and under-nutrition.
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Ending Child Hunger in India Partnering with Local Institutions for National Advocacy
National capacities: a strong basis for leverage • India: strong capacities and national resources for advocacy on child hunger and under-nutrition. • WFP actively collaborating to intensify, synergize and focus advocacy approaches with various types & levels of partners: • National foundation • National & state initiatives • Private sector
1. National foundation • ‘Hunger Free India’: a unique platform for collaboration • Partnership between MS Swaminathan Research Foundation & WFP since early 2000s, built on shared vision of ‘Hunger Free India’ • Joint Technical Resource Center set up at MSSRF • Objective: to enhance knowledge base and disseminate food and nutritional security analysis on rural and urban India • From vision to action: Prof. Swaminathan as Chairman of National Commission on Farmers represents all rural farm households in India: 600 million people!
1.1 Ending child hunger and undernutrition: a new partnership • Launched April 2006 during “Mission 2007: Hunger Free India” annual dialogue • Led by Prof. Swaminathan, UNICEF & WFP • Focuses on joint efforts to strengthen GoI programmes in 3 strategic areas: • Health and Nutrition • Primary Education • HIV-AIDS
2. National and state initiatives • Adolescent Girls Initiative for Reproductive Health, Nutritional Education, HIV Awareness • 10 local NGOs reached 18,000 girls through 842 girl-groups • Local production of fortified blended food: • Over 10,000 Village Mother and Child Centers supported • Salt iodization: 360 small salt producers • Food For Human Development Project for strengthening delivery of basic social services • 7 NGOs reaching 600 SHWGs (8,000 women) • Ongoing capacity-building & advocacy with local partners & counterparts: 40 districts in 8 states
Private sector • An opportunity for advocacy • The Bhavishya (Future) Alliance: Indian Partnership for Child Nutrition • Consolidates skills from Government, States, Corporations & NGOs to reduce child malnutrition • Technical assistance from World Bank, UNICEF & WFP