Institute Name:

World Vision Bangladesh

Name of the Organization: World Vision Bangladesh

Address: World Vision Bangladesh Address: Abedin Tower (Level-2), 35, Kemal Ataturk Avenue, Banani, Dhaka 121

Phone: +8801777767756

Fax: N/A

E-mail: MdMezanur_Rahman@wvi.org

Website: www.wvi.org/bangladesh

Year of Establishment: 1972

Area Coverage:	Division	District	Sub District
Area Coverage:	1	2	2

Target Group	Beneficiary (Total)	Beneficiary (Female)
Children Under 5	93087	45612
Pregnant Women	16004	16004
Adolescent Nutrition	44735	44735
Lactating mothers	118728	90328

Nutrition related Project Information

Nutrition Projects:

Name of the project:

Bangladesh Initiative to Enhance Nutrition Security and Governance (BIeNGS)

Project Status:

active

Target group:

Target Group	Beneficiary (Total)	Beneficiary (Female)
Children Under 5	93087	45612
Pregnant Women	16004	16004
Adolescent Nutrition	44735	44735
Small-holder Farmer and Bio-fortified Farmer	84000	55600
Lactating mothers	34728	34728

Geographical coverage (district)

Jamalpur, Sherpur

Number of sub-district (Upazila):

Donor of the project:

N/A

Time period:

2018-09-01 to 2023-03-31

Other partners (if any):

N/A

Project Objective(s):

The overall objective of the project is to improve maternal and child nutrition in six sub-districts in rural and nutritionally vulnerable areas of Jamalpur and Sherpur districts of Bangladesh by promoting multi-sector pro-poor governance models and nutrition interventions.

Expected outcomes from the project:

• Outcome 1 (Nutrition Sensitive Behaviours) : Improved nutrition and hygiene practice amongst caregivers of children U5, PLW, adolescent girls through promotion by multi-sector local actors. • Outcome 2 (Nutrition Services): Increased quality and utilization of nutrition (-sensitive) services through pro-poor governance and capacity development. • Outcome 3 (Consumption, Production and Income) : Improved household food consumption, through improved household food production, increased income, and equitable participation in household decision making and nutrition sensitive value chains. • Outcome 4 (Coordination): Improved efficiency and effectiveness of nutrition (-sensitive) activities through enhanced multi-sector coordination of local public and private nutrition stakeholders and locally informed nutrition advocacy.

Expected outputs from the project:

• Op 1.1 : Capacity of Local healthcare providers, agriculture extension officers, teachers, and community nutrition promoters (CNPs) strengthened to promote nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive behaviour change • Op 1.2 : Communities reached through nutrition (-sensitive) Social Behaviour Change Communication • Op 1.3 : Nutrition Champions influence community wide change through positive deviance approach • Op 2.2 : 756 local healthcare providers have increased knowledge and skills to deliver key nutrition services. • Op 2.3 : 1,075 service providers receive supportive supervision / on-job training and capacity building on nutrition data analysis, interpretation and utilisation for decision making to improve service delivery and management. • Op 3.2 : Smallholder households adopt quality seed (i.e. bio-fortified rice and lentils) and diversified and climate resilient food production techniques. • Op 3.3 : Smallholder households increase their income • Op 3.4 : Increased gender equitable relations at household level. • Op 2.1 : Communities in six sub-districts lobby and monitor public nutrition (-sensitive) services. • Op 3.1 : CVA Groups advocate for improved, increased and/or scaled-up provision of nutrition agriculture extension services for nutrition sensitive agriculture • Op 4.1 : Six sub-districts activate multi-sector nutrition coordination mechanisms. Op 4.2 : Advocacy initiatives strengthened at national level towards nutrition- sensitive interventions.

Focal Person:

Name: Md. Abu Sufian, Designation: Project Manager
Mobile: World Vision Banglad, Email: abu_sufian@wvi.org