- Improving Nutrition for Mothers, Newborns and Children in Jawzjan province of Afghanistan-A community focused approach:
This was a CIDA funded project which was awarded to SAF (as sub recipient) by Save the Children from 1st of July 2013 up to 31 December 2016. The purpose of the project was to treat severely acute malnourished children at the existing health facilities in all 11 districts of Jawzjan province. The main activity of this project was, capacity building of staff and community based health workers at all provincial, health facility, and community levels in order to;
1) promote good nutritional practices; 2) provide good quality nutrition services for mothers, newborns and children; 3) manage children with severe and moderate malnutrition at community level; 4) supporting MoPH in piloting integrating the management of acute malnutrition within INMNC program.
- Targeted Supplementary Feeding program (TSFP) in Nimroz and Jawzjan provinces:
Through these projects, SAF was implementing Targeted Supplementary Feeding program (TSFP) in 11 health facilities of Nimroz provinceand 19 HFs of Jawzjan province, from Feb. 2016 to June 2017. These projects were complement of Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM). The overall objective of the project was treatment of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and prevention of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among children 6-59 months and pregnant and lactation women (PLW). World Food Program (WFP) was financially supporting these projects.
- Supplementary Feeding programme (SFP):
On June 2013 the project of Supplementary Feeding programme (SFP) was granted to SAF by Save the Children. SAF accordingly will establish Targeted Supplementary Feeding programme (TSFP) sites in the existing health facilities in 6 districts (Bilchiragh, Dawlat Abad, Kohistan, Maymana, Pashtun Kot and Shirin Tagab) of Faryab province to treat around 17,125 Moderate acute malnourished (MAM) children and 5,918 acutely malnourished pregnant and lactating mothers. This project will also be serving as TSFP component of a complete CMAM program including provision of support to Stabilization centers, OTP (Outdoor Therapeutic Program), community mobilization. The project ended on 31st December 2013.
- Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition and Nutrition Education and Rehabilitation System (CMAM/NERS) in Jawzjan Province:
Two projects of CMAM/NERS have been awarded to SAF by Save the Children in March and June 2012. The projects are designed to meet the emergency nutrition needs of infants and children under 5 years of age who are currently vulnerable to severe and moderate acute malnutrition and it will be ended on Dec 2012. Direct beneficiaries of this project are all under 5 children and lactating women in four districts of Jawzjan province namely Derzab, Qushtepa, Khanaqa and Mingajik. The projects were financially supported by SC.
- Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM):
From 2009 up to 2011 SAF has implemented the Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) project in Faryab province. The project was financially supported by Oxfam-Novib with a total fund of USD 116, 154. After successful completion of the project the donor awarded to SAF the IYCF/CMAM project.
- Micronutrient Initiative Project (MI):
On November 2009 SAF was awarded the Micronutrient Initiative (MI) project in Jawzjan and Faryab provinces. The MI project which was financially supported by MI-Canada till May 2010 with a total budget of USD 111,813, aimed at reducing the morbidity and mortality rate and prevent the impairment of cognitive development caused by micronutrient malnutrition among women and children.
- Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) project:
On September 2009 SAF was awarded the Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) project by WFP. The project was implemented in two districts of Faryab province with a main objective to prevent malnutrition among children aged (6 months to 59 months) and lactating women by provide supplementary feeding support. The total fund of the project was USD 11,208 and the project ended on April 2010.