Project profile — Gender Equitable Nutrition in Tanzania and Uganda

This project seeks to improve nutrition for the poorest and most marginalized, especially women, adolescent girls, and children in Bahi and Itigi Districts in Tanzania and Moroto, Nakapiripirit and Nabilatuk districts in Uganda. Project activities include: (1) training Community Health Workers on maternal, infant, young child and adolescent nutrition and health practices; (2) training district and ward extension officers on nutrition-sensitive agriculture and small animal husbandry; (3) training and grants for women’s care groups for income-generating activities and skills development; (4) upgrading water, sanitation and hygiene facilities at selected schools related to handwashing and menstrual health management; and (5) training health care providers on integrated management of severe acute malnutrition. The project aims to reach 214,764 direct beneficiaries (124,562 women and 90,202 man) and 92,105 indirect beneficiaries (34,500 women and 57,605 man in Tanzania and Uganda. Action Against Hunger together with local partners, implements this project that includes Sustainable Environmental Management Action in Tanzania and Karamoja Women’s Umbrella Organization in Uganda.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) improved gender-transformative nutrition practices among pregnant and lactating women, children under five and adolescent girls in target districts; (2) strengthened delivery and utilization of quality gender-equitable integrated nutrition and health services for the poorest and most marginalized, especially women, adolescent girls, and children in target districts; and (3) improved coordination and effectiveness of gender-focused NGOs and government stakeholders to provide community-based, nutrition-specific initiatives for women, adolescent girls, and children in target districts.

Results achieved as of March 2025 include: (1) trained 2,063 care group members on climate smart and nutrition sensitive agriculture for production of nutrient-rich and bio-fortified crops; (2) provided 2,123 care group members with agriculture inputs for production of nutrient-rich and bio-fortified crops; (3) provided 230 care group members with simple solar drier technology and value-added equipment for preparation, processing and storage of safe nutrient dense foods; (4) trained 37 women and men on value chain systems and marketing channels that address gender-based constraints; (5) equipped 2 schools with improved sanitation facilities; (6) trained 9,443 community members with focus on Women and Men caregivers of children under 5 on practices that reduce malnutrition including food safety, safe water and sanitation; and (7) sensitized 29,483 community members and duty bearers on water, sanitation and hygiene and sexual and gender-based violence prevention and response.