CARE Canada

Published purpose

Proper nutrition is critical to the development of children in the first 1000 days of life, and in Ethiopia, malnutrition contributes to more than half of child deaths. The proposed five-year project seeks to improve the nutritional status of Women of Reproductive Age (WRA, 15-49) and boys and girls under 5 years (U5) in the Oromia and Amhara Regions of Ethiopia. The project will directly benefit 85,500 people and will indirectly benefit 1,700,000 people. The three project outcomes – (i) improving maternal and U5 nutrition and caregiving practices; (ii) improving nutrition-sensitive practices; and (iii) strengthening governance of gender-sensitive nutrition programs – will be supported by activities such as training on cooking and feeding demonstrations, developing and disseminating nutrition-related materials, establishing of homestead and school vegetable gardens, community mapping of hygiene and sanitation conditions, and the deployment of Canadian volunteer nutrition and technical experts. The project will be implemented by a CARE Canada-led consortium including: CARE Ethiopia, CARE USA, CUSO International and the McGill Institute for Global Food Security.