Description
To achieve this goal, Peace Corps volunteers will work closely with community members to share knowledge and strengthen their skills around nutrition-sensitive agriculture practices, food security and healthy feeding practices at the household level.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Peace Corps' Nutrition for Growth commitment
Description
Strengthen capacity of community members through knowledge sharing and skill building for sustainable behavioural change in maternal, newborn, child and adolescent nutrition whilst promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture practices, food security and healthy feeding practices at the household level
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Unverified
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| SMARTness index |
Low
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Details
| Target population characteristic |
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Childhood overweight
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Impact >
Diet
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Percentage of children (6–23 months of age) receiving a minimally acceptable diet |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 0 | 2021 |
| Target | 0 | December 2026 |
