In June 2016, SPRING conducted trainings in partnership with Digital Green on the production and dissemination of community videos in Senegal. SPRING/Digital Green provided video production training to 15 participants from community radio stations and other partners including Caritas, Symbiose, FEPROMAS, and ADAK.
SPRING’s work in Mali aimed to improve the nutritional status of vulnerable women and children. The project promoted the growth and consumption of nutritious and diverse diets through community gardens convened by Farmer Field Schools, which combined training in nutrition-sensitive agricultural practices and the promotion of nutrition-specific behaviors. SPRING trained 5,500 famers and distributed 11,000 moringa, baobob, and papaya saplings.
US Ambassador Sheila Gwaltney visited SPRING/Kyrgyzstan program working to improve nutrition outcomes among women and children in Naryn Oblast.
US Ambassador Sheila Gwaltney visited the USAID-funded SPRING project in the Naryn Oblast of Kyrgyz Republic on June 8th and 9th.
On June 8th, Ambassador Gwaltney toured a SPRING-supported district hospital that provides maternal and child nutrition services to 68 thousand people, and met with new mothers receiving important counseling regarding the nutrition of their babies.
SPRING/Mali officially launched in December 2014 with the support of our lead implementing partner, Helen Keller International (HKI).
Evaluation and Program Planning, 2016.
Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2016.
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, May 2016
Food Policy (May 2015)
Global Food Security, 2016