Increase capacities of children and their families, adolescents and women

Description

1) Objective

• 1. Improved access to and utilization of quality nutrition services for young children and their families in all regions: Prospective CSOs contributing to this programming area are expected to ensure the provision of essential nutrition services for women during pregnancy including micronutrient supplementation, deworming, weight gain monitoring, physical activity, and rest for pregnant women, and strengthen the quality of nutrition counselling during antenatal care.
• 2. Increased school-aged children’s and adolescents’ access to and demand for quality nutrition services in all regions: Prospective CSOs contributing to this programming area are expected to enhance access to quality nutrition services through the provision of nutritious foods in schools and beyond, integration of nutrition education into the school curriculum, promoting healthy eating habits among school-aged children and adolescents, and supporting the nutritional needs of adolescent mothers and vulnerable women in all regions of Ethiopia and Addis Ababa focusing on the most
  disadvantaged areas and groups.
• 3. 3. Empowering Women for Optimal Nutrition: Access, Demand, and Service Utilization in all regions: Prospective CSOs contributing to this programming area are expected to empower mothers for access and utilization of quality services through fostering early childhood breastfeeding, empowering women for access to healthy diversified nutritious foods and nutrition of adolescent mothers and other nutritionally at-risk women.
• 4. 4. Strengthen national and local capacity for the integrated and inclusive management of acute malnutrition in early childhood, including humanitarian settings in all regions: Prospective CSOs contributing to this programming area are expected to build the capacity of local actors to enable integrated and inclusive early detection and treatment services for children with wasting including MAM cases at high-risk of mortality and integration of nutrition supplies into national health systems.

2) Eligibility

Eligible are non-profit organisations with country and sector experience.

3) Location

Actions must take place in Ethiopia.

4) Budget

The budget size is not mentioned.

5) Application

Application deadline is 14 April 2025. A concept note must be submitted via the online portal.