Infant and young child feeding
Job Aids and Tools
This Kyrgyz-language cookbook published by SPRING, with support from Ergene, was desgined to encourage nutritious eating habits for families, especially those with children under two years...
Location: Kyrgyz Republic
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic developed a series of posters for use in health facilities. These four posters, produced in both Kyrgyz and Russian, are dedicated to nutrition and care of infants...
Reports
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...
Galleries
The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) called for raising awareness of the links between breastfeeding and the Sustainable Development goals.
World Breastfeeding Week 2016 was celebrated in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nigeria with a press briefing event that brought together representatives from different media outfits,...
Having trained more than 2,400 people on IYCF with SPRING support, our partners wanted to reach beyond the first 1,000 days from conception to age 2 to address the nutritional needs of...
Location: Nigeria
SPRING/Bangladesh observed World Breastfeeding Week, organizing rallies, dramas, music performances, quiz competitions, and discussions across Khulna and Barisal divisions.
SPRING/ Kyrgyz Republic Holds Community Event to Raise Breastfeeding Awareness in Kara Kul.
SPRING and Digital Green used concept testing to gather community input to nutrition and hygiene focused videos in two regions in Niger.
Location: Niger
These photos depict SPRING’s work implemented in the northern region of Mopti, Mali, from December 2014 to March 2016.
Location: Mali
US Ambassador Sheila Gwaltney visited SPRING/Kyrgyzstan program working to improve nutrition outcomes among women and children in Naryn Oblast.
Success Stories
In March 2016, Mairamkul received training on IYCF from SPRING. Mairamkul soon put her new skills to the test by helping Jazgul, whose youngest daughter, Aitunik, is a year old.
A farmer, David Kershima lives in Mbaiam community in Benue State. He and his wife joined a community-based infant and young child feeding (C-IYCF) support group in June 2014, when his wife...
Mary Ohamije, a community volunteer in Eror, a remote area of Nigeria, attended a three-day training on the value of C-IYCF. As a result of the training, she and her husband continue to...
Fish are a major component of the Bangladeshi diet, providing excellent nutritional benefits, especially for pregnant and lactating women and young children.
Location: Bangladesh
Videos
Kiri, a community health worker, visits a family in his community. He is offered food, and asks why there is meat in the food for adults, but no meat in the food for the family's small...
SPRING/Ghana developed a series of videos to facilitate counseling for infant and young child feeding. This video demonstrates how to make enriched mashed yam for feeding children 6-8...
SPRING/Ghana developed a series of videos to facilitate counseling for infant and young child feeding. In this video, a woman demonstrates how an infant should latch on when breastfeeding.
SPRING/Ghana developed a series of videos to facilitate counseling for infant and young child feeding. This video demonstrates how to make enriched porridge for feeding children 6-8 months...
SPRING/Bangladesh observed World Breastfeeding Week from August 1-7, 2016 by organizing over 100 rallies, quiz competitions, discussions, and several dramas and music performances in all 40...
SPRING/Ghana developed a series of videos to facilitate counseling for infant and young child feeding. In this video, a woman demonstrates how to comfortably position a nursing infant using...
News
SPRING collaborated with the FCT Primary Health Care Development Board to commemorate World Breastfeeding Week with a press briefing.
SPRING/Bangladesh observed World Breastfeeding Week, organizing rallies, dramas, music performances, quiz competitions, and discussions across Khulna and Barisal divisions
SPRING interviewed 64 Micronutrient Powder users and distributors to identify successes understand barriers they face in using and distributing MNP.
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic Raises Breastfeeding Awareness in Kara Kul.
Congressional staffers learn how partnerships are strengthening agriculture and improving nutrition.
Location: Senegal
US Ambassador Sheila Gwaltney visited SPRING/Kyrgyzstan program working to improve nutrition outcomes among women and children in Naryn Oblast.
Faculty and students of Guinea’s agricultural university, along with NGO partners, participated in a SPRING training on nutrition-sensitive agriculture concepts.
Activities
SPRING and Digital Green gathered community input to nutrition and hygiene focused videos in two villages in Niger.
Location: Niger
Events
Join SPRING and UNICEF in this webinar to learn about the experience of scaling up the UNICEF C-IYCF counseling package and lessons learned from an evaluation of community infant and young...