Over the course of two weeks, SPRING worked with KAWOLOR (prosperity and productivity in the Diola language) project staff to co-facilitate two trainings on nutrition-sensitive agriculture for new program staff in Kaffrine and Sedhiou, Senegal. Learn more about the SPRING Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Training resource package here.
Learning Together: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Training with KAWOLOR Project in Senegal
 Djiby of KAWOLOR and Phil of SPRING discuss the training together. |
 A group of participants work together to identify key practices contributing to maternal and infant nutrition. |
 Suzanne of KAWOLOR explains group work and key practices contributing to a healthy mother and infant. |
 Aby of Nataal Mbay partner project presents her group’s work explaining the cowpea value chain. |
 Aliou of KAWOLOR comments on group work during a value chain activity. |
 Fatou of KAWOLOR introduces an activity – using icons to illustrate the story of connections between agriculture and nutrition. |
 Participants work together, organizing icons to build their story of the connection between agriculture and nutrition. |
 “Yesterday, we learned about interventions specific and sensitive, today we see how it all, together, contributes to nutrition.” Idrissa shares his group’s work telling the story of how agriculture and nutrition are linked. |
 Participants look at the diagram of the conceptual pathways between agriculture and nutrition as they analyze a case study featuring the women’s empowerment pathway. |
 Peace Corps agriculture trainer, Maharmeth, presents his group’s case study on the agricultural income pathway. |
 Aissatou of KAWOLOR explains the importance of clearly defining behaviors as the project thinks through behavior change strategies. |
 A KAWOLOR staff member shares his group’s work as they think about their roles as change agents and consider community members’ paths to change behaviors. |
 Exploring behavior change can be fun! Participants debate how frequently their peers exercise. |
 Cheikh of KAWOLOR laughs – he’s the only staff member who maintains his regular exercise of 30 minutes 4-6 times per week! |
 Staff of KAWOLOR laugh and recognize how we all struggle to maintain behaviors that we know are healthy for ourselves and others. |
 Nafi of KAWOLOR, explains how behavior change is not a linear process, for anyone. |
 Coumba of KAWOLOR explains the importance of thinking of key behavior change concepts throughout the team’s activities. |
 Nathalie of SPRING, and Nafi, Fatou, and Suzanne of KAWOLOR pause from discussing the training to pose for a photo together. |
