Commitment

Multi-sectoral programme in DRC

Civil Society Organisation / United Kingdom

The Power of Nutrition

Partner organisations:
Donor government: Sweden, through the Embassy in Kinshasa/DRC
Commitment made: 29 Oct 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

Sub-national - DRC - Sud-Kivu District | DRC - 23 villages in Sud-Kivu

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Commitment description

The Power of Nutrition commits to funding a multi-sectoral, multi-phased programme, catalysed by a 80million SEK investment from Sweden including social protection, health, nutrition and ECD. Phase 1 of the programme will begin no later than Q1 2022 and Phase 2 of the programme will begin by 2023.

Global Nutrition Targets

Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
Exclusive breastfeeding

Nutrition Action Classification across all goals

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

N4G themes covered by goals

  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Total funding and costs across all goals

Funders The Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), through the Embassy in Kinshasa/ DRC, GiveDirectly and UNICEF and other funders to be identified
Funding mechanism Mixed match funding from multiple investors as outlined above
Cost secured Total costs are mostly secured to fulfil this commitment – approximately 80% secured
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed
Currency (SEK) - Swedish krona
Cost amount 80,000,000.0
$USD equivalent 9,324,009.324 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021)

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