European Union has granted funds to Oxfam and Catholic Health Commission (CHC) through the Government of Malawi (GoM) to the tune of EUR 1.5 million to implement a 3 years (December 2016 - November 2019) Nutrition and Food Security project “Enhancing the Capacity of Civil Society Organisations, district level staff and communities in scaling up nutrition in Malawi.” This project is under FIDP phase 2 SUN component aimed at contributing towards improved nutritional status of rural households in Malawi.
There will be capacity enhancement of rural households and district level staff to enable them address nutrition issues related to agriculture and Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) 1,000 days initiatives implementation in the targeted districts. The action will benefit about 26,000 households in four districts of Salima (T/As Kambwiri and Kambalame), Nkhotakota (T/As Mwadzama and Malengachanzi), Lilongwe in T/A Chitekwele and Dowa in T/A Mkukula.
The initiative was launched by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Hon. Aggrey Masi MP at Katelera Primary School Ground, GVH Ngolomi, T/A Kambwiri in Salima on 14th June, 2017.
The event was patronised by representatives from Ministries of Agriculture – DAES and Health - DNHA, NAO Support Unit, EU Delegation, FIDP, Oxfam, CHC, FTC, GIZ, District Councils and DNCCs (from Salima, Nkhotakota, Lilongwe and Dowa), WFP, Malawi Mangoes, beneficiary TAs and the surrounding communities.
Several Nutrition and Food Security displays were mounted and these were augmented with different nutrition messages from the local performances such as drama, songs and dances.
Below is a pictorial focus of the launch.
