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SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic Delivers Urban Campaign Events to Increase the Reach of Key Messages

SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic held concerts in townships of Jalalabad and Naryn oblasts to promote nutrition and WASH.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Handwashing, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Community media, Community mobilization, Adolescents, Social and behavior change communication
Location: Kyrgyz Republic
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Radio Extends Reach of Community Day Event in Thiarre Commune, Senegal

A local radio station attended a SPRING handwashing event in Thiokomaty village to capture messages for further radio promotion of good hygiene behaviors.

Keywords: Community media, Handwashing, Social and behavior change communication, Water, sanitation, and hygiene
Location: Senegal
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SPRING/Bangladesh Celebrates Global Handwashing Day 2016

In October 2016, SPRING/Bangladesh celebrated Global Handwashing Day with over 100 community activities.

Keywords: Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Nutrition-sensitive, Nutrition-specific, Community mobilization, Handwashing, Thousand days
Location: Bangladesh
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SPRING/Ghana Presents WASH 1,000 at the 39th Annual Water Engineering and Development Centre Conference

SPRING/Ghana’s WASH 1,000 approach was featured in a presentation and poster session at the annual WEDC conference.

Keywords: Clean household approach, Community mobilization, Enteropathy, Handwashing, Integration, Malnutrition, Multi-sector, Social and behavior change communication, Stunting, Thousand days, Water, sanitation, and hygiene
Location: Ghana
U.S. Congressional Delegation Visits SPRING/Senegal

U.S. Congressional Delegation Visits SPRING/Senegal

Congressional staffers learn how partnerships are strengthening agriculture and improving nutrition.

Keywords: Community media, Gender, Handwashing, Infant and young child feeding, Nutrition-sensitive, Thousand days, Water, sanitation, and hygiene
Location: Senegal
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SPRING/Mali Final Project Results

Program reaches 5,500 farmers with diverse nutrition-sensitive and -specific interventions in agriculture, health and water.

Keywords: Farmer nutrition school, Training, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Agriculture, Handwashing, Nutrition-sensitive, Nutrition-specific
Location: Mali

Videos

Hassaya and her child wash their hands

L’histoire de Hassya : La vidéo communautaire pour la nutrition au Niger

Hassya Ibrahim, une femme du village de Naki Karfi, dans la région de Maradi au Niger, a assisté aux diffusions de vidéos communautaires de SPRING pendant 12 mois. Dans cette vidéo, elle...

Keywords: Handwashing
Location: Niger
Four women making a hajol for chicken rearing.

SPRING/Bangladesh Project Overview

This short video is a brief overview of the work that SPRING has been doing in Bangladesh since the project began in 2012.

Keywords: Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Handwashing, Farmer nutrition school, Women's empowerment
Location: Bangladesh
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Students Pledging to Build Handwashing Stations at Home

This short video features a group of adolescent students pledging to build handwashing stations in their households. Video taken at Kodaldhoya Government Primary School, Agailjhara upazila...

Keywords: Handwashing, Water, sanitation, and hygiene
Location: Bangladesh
One woman teaches another about preventing diarrhea

Community Video (Niger): How to Prevent and Treat All Diarrhea in Children

The community health worker, Koni, is making house visits and finds a young child with diarrhea. The child’s mother, Larai, believes it is because the child is teething and does not take...

Keywords: Infant and young child feeding, Handwashing
Location: Niger, Sahel

Journal Articles

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Using Trials of Improved Practices to Shift Nutrition and Hygiene Behaviours in Sierra Leone

SPRING/Sierra Leone conducted trials of improved practices (TIPs) with 24 households in Tonkolili District to test nutrition-sensitive WASH behaviours and selected complementary feeding...

Keywords: Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Handwashing
Location: Sierra Leone

Success Stories

Officer Faridul Islam washes his hands with a tippy tap.

Police Officers Help Spread Better Hygiene and Nutrition in Bangladesh

Officer Faridual Islam learned about the FNS practice of using tippy taps while on patrol near a FNS.

Keywords: Farmer nutrition school, Handwashing, Water, sanitation, and hygiene
Location: Bangladesh
Union Facilitator Oloka Biswas speaks to a farmer nutrition school graduate and her family members.

Union Facilitators Leave a Legacy of Better Nutrition Practices in Bangladesh

Not many people can say they have a “Nutrition Sister” and a “Nutrition Brother.” In Bangladesh, participants in the farmer nutrition schools (FNS) implemented by SPRING, came to look...

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication, Farmer nutrition school, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Infant and young child feeding, Dietary diversity, Handwashing
Location: Bangladesh
Community activist Nazira Subankulova with the fresh produce she sells. After SPRING’s nutrition trainings, it is now in high demand.

From Salty Snacks to Fresh Food

As a volunteer, Nazira spends several hours a week visiting neighbors and hosting meetings to talk about nutrition based on what she learned from SPRING.

Keywords: Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Handwashing, Breastfeeding, Complementary feeding, Infant and young child feeding, Dietary diversity
Location: Kyrgyz Republic

Activities

Members of a hygiene monitoring unit in Keur Socé, in Kaolack Department work on their action-plan to for how they will monitor hygiene in their communities.

Promoting Hygiene and Hand-Washing through Community Hygiene Monitoring Units

SPRING works with local partners in agriculture and health to promote the uptake of improved hygiene practices such as regular hand-washing, the use of tippy-taps, and general household...

Keywords: Clean household approach, Handwashing, Social and behavior change communication, Water, sanitation, and hygiene
Location: Senegal
Adolescent girls aged 12-17 review illustrations conveying information on dietary diversity during concept testing for nutrition and hygiene activities included in a training package geared towards OVCs.

Addressing the Nutrition and Hygiene Needs of Adolescents and Children in Nigeria

SPRING partners with civil society volunteers to test key nutrition counseling concepts among orphans and other vulnerable children.

Keywords: Adolescents, Dietary diversity, Communication, Handwashing, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition-specific, Training, Social and behavior change communication, Water, sanitation, and hygiene
Location: Nigeria
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Concept Testing Tailors Community Videos to Local Context in Two Regions in Niger

SPRING and Digital Green gathered community input to nutrition and hygiene focused videos in two villages in Niger.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Community media, Complementary feeding, Dietary diversity, Family planning, Gender, Handwashing, Infant and young child feeding, Malnutrition, Maternal nutrition, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Nutrition-sensitive, Nutrition-specific, Social and behavior change communication, Thousand days, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Women's empowerment
Location: Niger
Teams from the training practice what they learn by making a test video on making peanut butter.

SPRING/Senegal Community Video Training with Digital Green

SPRING/Senegal and Digital Green conducted a training on the production and dissemination of community video to promote high impact nutrition and WASH behaviors.

Keywords: Community media, Handwashing, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Social and behavior change communication, Water, sanitation, and hygiene
Location: Senegal
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Essential Nutrition and Hygiene Actions in Mali

SPRING/Mali trained 375 health staff in 20 villages in Mopti in ENA/EHA and formed 200 ENA/EHA support groups in the communities they serve

Keywords: Essential nutrition actions, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Handwashing, Training, Nutrition-sensitive, Nutrition-specific
Location: Mali
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Interactive Map of SPRING/Ghana Target Communities and Supported Health Facilities of the Northern and Upper East Regions

Completed database of health facilities plus target communities for the fiscal years of 2015 and 2016.

Keywords: Agriculture, Farmer nutrition school, Handwashing, Infant and young child feeding, Social and behavior change communication, Training, Water, sanitation, and hygiene
Location: Ghana
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Formative Research Assessment Highlights Locally Available Nutrient-Dense Crops and Key Hygiene Behaviors in Guinea

Findings to guide SPRING’s work to strengthen nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Guinea

Keywords: Nutrient-dense crops, Social and behavior change communication, Handwashing, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Infant and young child feeding, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Agriculture, Nutrition-sensitive, Resiliency, Thousand days
Location: Guinea
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Using Tippy Taps to Improve Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Practices in Mali

By teaching about handwashing through water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) actions, SPRING/Mali helps contribute toward reducing rates of infection and ultimately, malnutrition.

Keywords: Farmer nutrition school, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Social and behavior change communication, Community mobilization, Handwashing
Location: Mali
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Stimulating Social and Behavior Change in Kyrgyz Communities

SPRING is working at the community level to encourage social and behavior change around nutrition and hygiene, targeting 1,000 day households through various communication channels.

Keywords: Anemia, Breastfeeding, Complementary feeding, Dietary diversity, Handwashing, Maternal nutrition, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Social and behavior change communication, Sustainability, Thousand days, Training, Water, sanitation, and hygiene
Location: Kyrgyz Republic

Galleries

Former Minister and Current Member of Parliament Dr. Mojammel Hossain using a tippy tap

In Pictures: SPRING/Bangladesh Celebrates Global Handwashing Day 2016

In October 2016, SPRING/Bangladesh celebrated Global Handwashing Day with over 100 community activities.

Keywords: Handwashing, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Community mobilization, Nutrition-sensitive, Nutrition-specific
Location: Bangladesh
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Concept Testing Tailors Community Videos to Local Context in Two Regions in Niger

SPRING and Digital Green used concept testing to gather community input to nutrition and hygiene focused videos in two regions in Niger.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Community media, Complementary feeding, Dietary diversity, Gender, Handwashing, Infant and young child feeding, Maternal nutrition, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Nutrition-sensitive, Family planning, Nutrition-specific, Social and behavior change communication, Thousand days, Training, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Women's empowerment
Location: Niger
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SPRING/Mali Step-by-Step Tippy Tap Set-up and Training

These pictures depict the construction and use of a tippy tap during a village training.

Keywords: Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Handwashing
Location: Mali

Reports

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Spring/Digital Green Collaboration and Feasibility Study

In November 2012, SPRING and Digital Green completed a qualitative study in purposely selected villages in Keonjhar district to identify current social and cultural determinants, practices...

Keywords: Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Infant and young child feeding, Thousand days, Handwashing, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Breastfeeding, Complementary feeding
Location: India
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Mali: Final Country Report

SPRING/Mali officially launched in December 2014 with the support of our lead implementing partner, Helen Keller International (HKI). USAID/Mali tasked us with improving the nutritional...

Keywords: Thousand days, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Agriculture, Nutrition-sensitive, Nutrition-specific, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Handwashing
Location: Mali
Woman and child washing hands using a Tippy Tap.

Use of Tippy Taps and Handwashing Practices in Southern Bangladesh: Qualitative Study

In June 2014, SPRING/Bangladesh conducted a tippy tap and handwashing study in 120 households in the Khulna and Barisal divisions of Bangladesh. Our primary objective with this study was to...

Keywords: Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Handwashing, Farmer nutrition school, Enteropathy
Location: Bangladesh

Job Aids and Tools

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Clean Latrines and Handwashing

These handwashing and clean toilets leaflets were designed by SPRING in coordination with the Republican Health Promotion Center under the Kyrgyz Republic's Ministry of Healthcare.

Keywords: Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Handwashing
Location: Kyrgyz Republic

Pages

Resource Review Summaries

WASHplus Update – Focus on Hand Washing

Check out the early August update from the WASHplus community, with a special eye on hand washing—which is becoming increasingly discussed as a practical household behavior linked to good...

Keywords: Handwashing