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PCD HGSF interventions in Ghana
A presentation made at the Sixth Meeting of the Sweet
potato Support Platform for West Africa
By
Lutuf Abdul-Rahman Nutrition Programme [email protected]
February 25 2013
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PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT
• Established:1992
• Aim:
Provide School Health and Nutrition Policy and Programme guidance to national governments
• What we do:
- Generate Evidence
- Disseminate knowledge
- Provide Technical Assistance
- Create Partnership
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Aim of PCD HSFP• to support governments
and wider HGSF stakeholders by providing direct, evidence-based and context-specific support and expertise to design and manage school feeding programmes sourced with local agricultural production
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What is HGSF
• School feeding programmes sourcing from small holder farmers– Sourcing from local farmers– Promoting agricultural development in rural
communities to improve the lives of the small holder farmer
– Improved education, health & nutrition of school aged children
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Interventions in Ghana (completed)
• Development of TAP• Retargeting
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On going interventions in Ghana
• Policy development• Building of M&E systems• Capacity building• Impact evaluation
– Linking small holder farmers to caterers– Use of micronutrient powers in school
feeding– Social accountability– Nutrition behaviour change communication
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On going interventions in Ghana ctd
• Research on strategic gain reserves (SGR)– linking smaller farmers to school feeding
through SGR • Nutrition project
– Behaviour change communication– Menu planning– Deworming
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Future interventions
• Interventions are demand driven based on government need
• Always on the look out for partners to collaborate to enhance the support provided to government
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Find out more at
www.hgsf-global.org
Downloadable• Research publications• Case studies• Working papers • News and views
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THANK YOU
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