FSN Network Regional Knowledge Sharing MeetingMulti-Sector Program Integration Session

November 13, 2010

Heather Danton

Integrated Program Design for Household and Community Resilience: Experience from Bangladesh

JIBON O JIBIKA (LIFE AND LIVELIHOODS PROGRAM)

Bangladesh 2004-2009, extended through May 2010.

Implemented in collaboration with Helen Keller International (HKI), the NGO Forum for Water and Sanitation, the Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and 14 local NGO partners in Barisal Division, Bangladesh.

Jibon o Jibika explicitly directed at reducing high levels of food insecurity and malnutrition

Implemented in 13 upazilas in three districts of southwest Bangladesh.

Targeted 200,000 children U2

Cyclones Sidr and Aila struck target area in November 2007 & May 2009, respectively

AN INTEGRATED PROGRAM DESIGN

Jibon-O-Jibika

Decreased household food insecurity in three

districts of Barisal Division

Jibon-O-Jibika

Decreased household food insecurity in three

districts of Barisal Division

SO1: Food availability and

purchasing power at the household

level will have increased

SO2: Health and nutrition of

pregnant women and children under the age of two will

have improved

SO3: Communities and households will be more resilient to

shocks that threaten their

livelihoods

IR1.2: Improved marketing practices adopted and utilized

IR1.2: Improved marketing practices adopted and utilized

IR 2.1: Increased adoption of key MCHN practices and utilization of key MCHN services

IR 2.1: Increased adoption of key MCHN practices and utilization of key MCHN services

IR 3.1: Improved community response and preparedness to natural disaster

IR 3.1: Improved community response and preparedness to natural disaster

IR 3.2: Improved agency response to natural disaster

IR 3.2: Improved agency response to natural disaster

IR 1.1: Improved household level food production practices adopted and utilized

IR 1.1: Improved household level food production practices adopted and utilized

IR 2.2: Improved access to safe water and sanitation facilities

IR 2.2: Improved access to safe water and sanitation facilities

SO 3: Disaster Preparedness

SO2: MCHN

SO1: Homestead gardening & marketing

Community and Union-level integration by SO/Sector

KEY PROGRAM RESULTS

Disaggregated data show that reduction of prevalence in stunting, wasting and underweight is much higher in unions where all program components were implemented.

The median dietary diversity score improved in unions where all program components were working together.

KEY PROGRAM RESULTS

Median Dietary Diversity Score

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Baseline Endline

SO1 & SO2 Unions Non SO1 Unions