SPRING’s work in Mali aimed to improve the nutritional status of vulnerable women and children. The project promoted the growth and consumption of nutritious and diverse diets through community gardens convened by Farmer Field Schools, which combined training in nutrition-sensitive agricultural practices and the promotion of nutrition-specific behaviors. SPRING trained 5,500 famers and distributed 11,000 moringa, baobob, and papaya saplings. We promoted the Ministry of Health-approved Essential Nutrition Actions and combined these with the Essential Hygiene Actions to improve the quality delivery of nutrition-specific interventions within health services, training 375 facility-based staff and supporting 200 ENA/EHA support groups. In the area of WASH, we triggered 26 villages in Community-Lead Total Sanitation, achieving achieving the status of open defication free in 20 of them. Finally, SPRING helped establish 4,868 tippy taps in the project’s 100 target villages, with many families creating tippy taps both near the latrine and near the kitchen to promote handwashing at all appropriate times.
SPRING/Mali In Review
 SPRING identified this existing garden in Segué, Bankass for the commune-level garden. |
 Community volunteers participate in an ENA/EHA training Koro (May 2015) |
 Community volunteers participate in an ENA/EHA training Koro (May 2015) |
 Participants review counseling cards during an ENA/EHA training for community volunteers in Koro (May 2015) |
 Community volunteers participate in an ENA/EHA training Koro (May 2015) |
 Community volunteers participate in an ENA/EHA training Koro (May 2015) |
 Community volunteers participate in an ENA/EHA training Koro (May 2015) |
 Community volunteers participate in an ENA/EHA training Koro (May 2015) |
 SPRING ENA/EHA Advisor Aboubakar Kone instructs a participant during an ENA/EHA training of trainers (TOT) in Mopti (April 2015) |
 A participant uses counseling cards during an ENA/EHA training of trainers in Mopti (April 2015) |
 Participants practice interpersonal communications skills during an ENA/EHA training of trainers in Mopti (April 2015) |
 ENA/EHA training for community health center staff in Koro (July 2015) |
 ENA/EHA training for community health center staff in Koro (July 2015) |
 ENA/EHA training for community health center staff in Koro (July 2015) |
 ENA/EHA training for community health center staff in Koro (July 2015) |
 Staff from local community health centers participate in an ENA/EHA training in Bankass (June 2015) |
 SPRING staff conducts a training on ENA/EHA for community volunteers in Bandiagara (June 2015) |
 A breastfeeding demonstration during an ENA/EHA training for community volunteers in Bankass (May 2015) |
