Every 4th years ADRA Cambodia were having their staff retreat for staff refresher after many year of working with community as well as rural area. this retreat aims to promote staff mutual understanding between relevant projects site in Cambodia. However, this retreat were full of joys and fun as it is combined with learning through play and island roaming.
Showing posts with label Orientation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orientation. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
ADRA Cambodia National Staff Retreat
Every 4th years ADRA Cambodia were having their staff retreat for staff refresher after many year of working with community as well as rural area. this retreat aims to promote staff mutual understanding between relevant projects site in Cambodia. However, this retreat were full of joys and fun as it is combined with learning through play and island roaming.
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
PD/Hearth Pilot Program
During May through to August, our nutrition staff were busy preparing for and piloting the PD/Hearth program within one village in the target district. A meeting with the village's reflect circle groups occurred to inform the community about the PD/Hearth program, with a further meeting with the village leaders to conduct wealth ranking and a market survey to ensure ADRA was properly informed about the village's nutrition situation. CHOICES staff then conducted an orientation meeting with key persons who would be involved during the pilot process.
Next all of the children in the village under 5 years of age were weighed and the children who were found to be either malnourished or severely malnourished were noted as the ones the pilot program would help to rehabilitate. The results showed 25% of the weighed children falling within these two categories.
Project staff then met with village leaders to create a village map locating all children who were weighed and 3 Positive Deviant (poor families with well-nourished children) families and 3 Negative Deviant (well-off families with malnourished children) families were selected to be interviewed. These interviews highlighted the feeding practices, types of food, and the food preparation methods that the Positive Deviant families were using and the Negative Deviant families were lacking.
Based on the information learned during these interviews, a menu, based on food available within the village, and 10 key messages for the education component, were developed for the PD/Hearth program. In order for a key message to be meaningful, it needed to be based around the village's current nutrition practices.
Sophorn Lim, the Project Manager for Family Nutrition from the Phnom Penh ADRA office, was present during the pilot process to help our staff. We were also very fortunate to have Stephanie Calhourn, who had just completed a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at Andrews University in Michigan, volunteer her time to help evaluate the pilot program as well as take part in the program's activities.
The PD/Hearth sessions involved an education component as well as a 30 day feeding component. During the first 30 day cycle of the pilot program 71% of the total child participants were rehabilitated, and after the second 30 day cycle all child participants were rehabilitated.
Staff still follow up with the families who participated in the program with child growth monitoring occurring every 2 months until the children are 5 years old.
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| CHOICES Staff and Village Leaders conducting Wealth Ranking and Market Survey of the target village |
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| Buntha, Yourm, and Saray conducting the PD/Hearth Orientation Meeting |
Next all of the children in the village under 5 years of age were weighed and the children who were found to be either malnourished or severely malnourished were noted as the ones the pilot program would help to rehabilitate. The results showed 25% of the weighed children falling within these two categories.
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| Buntha recording the weight of children in the village under 5 |
Project staff then met with village leaders to create a village map locating all children who were weighed and 3 Positive Deviant (poor families with well-nourished children) families and 3 Negative Deviant (well-off families with malnourished children) families were selected to be interviewed. These interviews highlighted the feeding practices, types of food, and the food preparation methods that the Positive Deviant families were using and the Negative Deviant families were lacking.
Based on the information learned during these interviews, a menu, based on food available within the village, and 10 key messages for the education component, were developed for the PD/Hearth program. In order for a key message to be meaningful, it needed to be based around the village's current nutrition practices.
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| Sophorn leading the Presentation of Results and PD/Hearth Planning with parents/caregivers |
Sophorn Lim, the Project Manager for Family Nutrition from the Phnom Penh ADRA office, was present during the pilot process to help our staff. We were also very fortunate to have Stephanie Calhourn, who had just completed a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at Andrews University in Michigan, volunteer her time to help evaluate the pilot program as well as take part in the program's activities.
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| Stephanie helping during a group feeding session |
The PD/Hearth sessions involved an education component as well as a 30 day feeding component. During the first 30 day cycle of the pilot program 71% of the total child participants were rehabilitated, and after the second 30 day cycle all child participants were rehabilitated.
Staff still follow up with the families who participated in the program with child growth monitoring occurring every 2 months until the children are 5 years old.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
CHOICES staff Orientation
This week from 17-21 November, in Pursat, CHOICES Project staff are busy joining the orientation workshop.
Here are some photos from the workshop.
Analysis by timeline
Experiencing what it is like to be a community member trying to learn by listening, by watching and by doing.
Researching about nutrition
3 Food group chart - food that is available in Pursat
Food that is eaten in the village
Conclusion - there is a lot of healthy and nutritious food available in the village, but most of it is not eaten.
The project challenge: how can we help the families in the village learn to eat the healthy and nutritious food that they have available?
Here are some photos from the workshop.
Analysis by timeline
Experiencing what it is like to be a community member trying to learn by listening, by watching and by doing.
Researching about nutrition
Food that is available in the village:
The project challenge: how can we help the families in the village learn to eat the healthy and nutritious food that they have available?
Friday, July 25, 2014
CHOICES Orientation
CHOICES is not just an acronym to the project staff working in Pursat anymore. After 4 days of participatory activities, the name, goal and outcomes roll right off the tongue! Outputs are visualized and action plans laid for the next 6 months.
Outcome 1
Outcome 2
Outcome 3
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