INTRODUCTION
Secure livelihoods are characterized by households that have
different activities within the community that provide income, shelter, and
other factors to ensure their well-being. This training event is therefore
intended to enable households, communities, and countries build resilience so
as to strengthen their ability to manage change by maintaining or transforming
their living standards in the face of shocks or stresses without compromising
their long-term prospects. The course introduces the fundamentals of
nutrition-sensitive programming and provides guidelines for practitioners to
use when designing programs that promote access to nutrient-rich foods and
dietary diversity in a society.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the
end of the course, the participants will be able to:
DURATION
10 Days
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This
training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly
benefit stakeholders
working in livelihoods, food security, economic growth, nutrition, and maternal
and child health. It is also beneficial to experts in agriculture; extension
officers, agricultural officials and decision makers working with local people,
in governments, donor organization, and non-profit oriented organizations for
agriculture development programmes.
COURSE CONTENT
Module 1: Introduction
· An
Introduction to Nutrition-Sensitive Programming and
nutrition resilience programming
Module 2: Basic Nutrition Concept
· Essential
Nutrition Concepts
· Indicators
of Nutritional Status
· Interdependence
Between Health and Nutritional Status
Module 3: Strengthening
Nutrition Linkages: Why It Matters
Module 4: Essential
Nutrition Concepts for Nutrition-Sensitive Activities
Module 5: Connecting Agriculture to
Nutrition
· Conceptual Pathways that Connect Agriculture and
Nutrition
· The Pathways Model
· The Income Pathway
· Women's Empowerment Pathways
· Expanding the Pathways Model
· Value Chains for Nutrition
Module 6: Designing Effective
Nutrition-Sensitive Activities
· The four-step approach for designing effective
nutrition-sensitive activities
· Nutrition-sensitive outcomes appropriate to the
participants’ market systems development activity
· Potential strategies for addressing malnutrition
· Relevant practices, interventions, and
indicators to include in the activity design
· The next steps for implementation and monitoring.
Module 7: Introduction
to nutrition resilience
Module 8: Agricultural
Livelihoods
Module 9: Cross-cutting
roles in building nutrition resilience
Module
10: Review
GENERAL
NOTES
·
This course is delivered by our seasoned trainers who have
vast experience as expert professionals in the respective fields of practice.
The course is taught through a mix of practical activities, theory, group works
and case studies.
·
Training manuals and additional reference materials are
provided to the participants.
·
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will
be issued with a certificate.
·
We can also do this as tailor-made course to meet
organization-wide needs. Contact us to find out more: training@skillsforafrica.org
· The training will be conducted at SKILLS FOR AFRICA TRAINING INSTITUTE IN NAIROBI
KENYA.
· The training fee covers
tuition fees, training materials, lunch and training venue. Accommodation and
airport transfer are arranged for our participants upon request.
·
Payment should be sent to our bank account before start of
training and proof of payment sent to: training@skillsforafrica.org
Dates | Fees | Location | Apply |
---|---|---|---|
09/09/2024 - 20/09/2024 | $3000 | Nairobi |
Physical Class Online Class |
14/10/2024 - 25/10/2024 | $3950 | Kigali |
Physical Class Online Class |
11/11/2024 - 22/11/2024 | $3000 | Mombasa |
Physical Class Online Class |
09/12/2024 - 20/12/2024 | $3000 | Nairobi |
Physical Class Online Class |