SPRING’s Gender Champion Approach aims to increase men and women’s partnership within the household in order to impact nutrition outcomes. This is done by encouraging women’s participation in household financial and nutrition-related decision-making, and men’s involvement in nutrition and hygiene-related tasks. SPRING identified men who were well known within their communities for performing desired gender-supportive roles.
SPRING officially launched activities in Bangladesh in April 2012.
This tutorial demonstrates the steps of the technical process, from reference photography to line drawing, color, volume, patterns, and a final image for layout. The video is intended as a visual companion to the Photo-to-Illustration Guide. Both program managers and illustrators alike can use the video to understand the process and begin to create their own high-quality images.
According to the Kyrgyz Republic Demographic and Health Survey from 2014, only 60 percent of newborns in the Kyrgyz Republic are breastfed within an hour after birth and only 41 percent of infants under 6 months are exclusively breastfed. Evidence shows that raising these numbers can help to reduce infant mortality and child malnutrition.
During a four-day training, SPRING/Guinea worked with Peace Corps health and agroforestry volunteers to strengthen their maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) and nutrition-sensitive agriculture knowledge. The photos illustrate how participants explored the importance of the first 1000 days, breaking the cycle of malnutrition, the connection between agriculture and nutrition, and their roles as agents of change in their communities.
In Guinea, SPRING is promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture and maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) practices through radio programs and community videos. SPRING recently held a two-day training on these topics with staff from local radio and video production centers. During the training, participants explored how to break the cycle of malnutrition, methods for making local agricultural practices more nutrition-sensitive, and their roles as agents of change in their communities.
In 2017, SPRING/Ghana started piloting Father-to-Father Support Groups in four communities in the Northern and Upper East Regions of Ghana. These groups are comprised of 15-17 men who meet twice per month to discuss family-oriented issues that include infant and young child feeding, household interaction and support, and male involvement in child welfare. These discussions are geared to improve men’s support to women within the household.
The men and women discuss how to reverse malnutrition and the urgency of treatment.
En s’appuyant sur une collaboration réussie de la vidéo communautaire en Inde avec Digital Green, SPRING a adapté et évalué l’efficacité et l’extensibilité d’une approche de vidéo communautaire facilitée pour promouvoir la nutrition maternelle, infantile et du jeune enfant (MIYCN) et l’hygiène au Niger et au Burkina Faso. Avec les partenaires RISE dans les pays, SPRING a réussi à adapter le modèle de la vidéo communautaire au contexte de la résilience.
Building on a successful community video collaboration in India with Digital Green, SPRING adapted and assessed the effectiveness and scalability of a facilitated community-led video approach to promote maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) and hygiene in Niger and Burkina Faso. With in-country RISE partners, SPRING has achieved success in adapting the community video model to the resilience context.