IEC materials: Story sack!

This story sack is designed so that we can put stuff like Learning Through Play materials including story books for our Children Reflect Circles groups who come to meet and learn while their parents, caregivers are having their own group discussion meeting:

IEC materials: Notebook for Reflect Circles members to take note during their discussion meetings-RLU#1-12

Notebooks designed with key elements and project messages included both on the cover front and first few insides pages and back covers. The notebooks have been distributed among our Project EMBRACE community members, the Reflect Circles members as they have been taking notes what they have learned in the Reflect Circles discussion meeting:

 

    

                                  

IEC materials: Backpack: Together we improve the nutrition for maternal and child health-RLU#1-12

Backpack designed with key messages for our Project EMBRACE team and community partners as an identification and awareness about the nutrition for mother and child.

The message says:

Together we improve the nutrition

for maternal and child health

IEC materials: T-shirt: Latrine use promotion-RLU#11

T-shirt designed for our Project EMBRACE community members to raise awareness about the importance of having access to a latrine:

The message says:

My family use a latrine. How about you?

IEC materials: Poster: Latrine use promotion-RLU#11

Poster designed for our Project EMBRACE community members to raise awareness about the importance of having access to a latrine:

The message says:

My family use a latrine. How about you?

IEC materials: T-shirt: Exclusive Breastfeeding-RLU#5

T-shirt designed for our Project EMBRACE community members to raise awareness about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding:

The message says:

Breastmilk is best enough,

for your child growth from birth until the age of six months.

IEC materials: Volleyball uniform: Community awareness program and campaign

Volleyball uniform designed with key messages for community awareness program, specially targeting men and youth males on special health and nutritional needs of WRAs, pregnant and lac-tating women, and new-borns.

The message says:

Bal Teas Kone Chhn'eah (which mean Playing volleyball, your child will win)

For you (darling) and our child to be healthy,
you (darling) have to eat enough additional nutritious food every day!

IEC materials: Poster: One additional meal during pregnancy-RLU#3 & #4

Poster design for our Project EMBRACE community members to raise awareness about the importance of additional meal during pregnancy:

The message says:

For you (darling) and our child to be healthy,
you (darling) have to eat enough additional nutritious food every day

IEC materials: T-shirt: One additional meal during pregnancy-RLU#3

T-shirt design for our Project EMBRACE community members to raise awareness about the importance of additional meal during pregnancy:

The message says:

For you (darling) and our child to be healthy,
you (darling) have to eat enough additional nutritious food every day

Our EMBRACE Project Agents of Change (AoCs) are On TV!

Our Project EMBRACE Agents of Change (AoCs) are in the news!

This recent past week was World Breastfeeding Week, and our project team including Agents of Change from ADRA Canada has taken parts in the celebration. Here is the news clip that was broadcasted on the National TV. Check it out!

"The AoC Study Tour is part of EMBRACE, a maternal and child health project led by ADRA Canada and primarily funded by Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada."

Press Release for World Breastfeeding Week!

On August 9, 2017, our project EMBRACE (Enhancing Mother/Newborn/Child Health in Remote Areas through Health Care and Community Engagement), the project led by ADRA Canada, and funded by the Government of Canada, through its agency, Global Affairs Canada, has celebrated World Breastfeeding Week cooperated with Provincial Health Department and the local authority in Sandan district, Kampong Thom province. The event was conducted to raise the awareness to the community about the importance of breastfeeding after there has been report from specialized institution stating that the percentage of exclusive breastfeeding in Cambodia was dropped significantly from 2010-2015. The topic for this year World Breastfeeding Week is: “We together promote breastfeeding for the better future of our children.”

Mr. Roth Rumnea, the EMBRACE project Manager of ADRA Cambodia said that we are glad to be able to celebrate this important World Breastfeeding Week and he shared five key messages during the event:
            1. “We together promote breastfeeding for the better future of our children.”

            2. “Breastmilk is the best nutrition of the baby and child.”

            3. “Born right away, breastfeeding right away, make a child healthy.”

            4. “Immediate breastfeeding within the first hour after delivery save the live of the
                 child alot.”

            5. “Breastfeed your child at least for two years and provide additional meal when the
                 child is six months old and above.”

Mr. Long Kiseung, the governor of Sandan District mentioned about the report of Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey 2014 that shows the practice of complementary and exclusive breastfeeding has dropped from 73.5% in 2010 to 64.6% in 2014. The percentage of immediate breastfeeding within the first hour after delivery and the continuous breastfeeding until the child is 12 months was found dropped from 65.3% to 62.6% and from 83% to 80% respectively. In addition, providing additional food before the right age of the child was increased significantly both in urban and rural areas between 2010 and 2014. He stated that seeing this report of this decreased percentage we have to put in first priority to improve the practice of exclusive breastfeeding in the country to be better. At the same time, we have also found some reasons that caused the drop of the breastfeeding habits such as migration, lack of knowledge and understanding about the importance of breastfeeding, old habits and tradition, lack of support from family members, and the increase of the promotion of baby milk formula sale instead of breastfeeding.

Seeing this decrease in breastfeeding, the Ministry of Health through its National Nutrition Program supported by development partners HKI, Unicef MTI FHI36 Alive, Thrive, Save the Children, and World Vision Cambodia working together to initiate celebrating World Breastfeeding Week again from 2015. In 2017, the National Nutrition program of Ministry of Health collaborated with HKI and relevant development partners launch the celebration of World Breastfeeding Week under the topic: “We together promote breastfeeding for the better future of our children.”

This event was conducted for the whole morning from 7:30am until 11:30 with the participation of representatives from the Provincial Health Department, Provincial Operational Health District, District office, relevant official in Sandan district, development partners, all 3 Health Centers, Commune, Schools, students, and community members totaling 400 participants including the ADRA Canada Agents of Change.

Village Campaign in Tropeang Thom village, Toek Krohorm Commune, Choam Ksan district

Adra Staff, Authorities and HC in Choam Ksant district worked closely to conduct the village hygiene on 16 August 2017.

Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week 2017

Today our team is celebrating World Breastfeeding Week. We have approximately 400 participants join the events plus the present of the Agents of Change from Canada who have just arrived in the country!

We are in the news!

Check this out about our project mentioned in the news!

https://www.durhamregion.com/community-story/7484064-oshawa-student-spends-summer-in-cambodia-working-on-maternal-and-child-health-program/

Agents of Change (AoC)-Visit to our Head Office in Phnom Penh for Orientation: Day 1

We welcome Agents of Change (AoC) from Canada to our office and project here in Cambodia. They will be here with us at the project EMBRACE for three weeks to learn about global maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and nutrition issues. Upon their return to Canada, the Agents of Change will work with ADRA Canada to use their new awareness and knowledge to engage their communities in increasing awareness of global MNCH and nutrition issues.  Check out below for more photos:

Saying farwell to Nasra!

Saying farewell to yet another friend - until we meet again!
For the past seven months, Nasra has been working with us to support our project EMBRACE based in Preah Vihear and Kampong Thom Province. On behalf of ADRA Cambodia team and the project team, we want to thank you for all your time of service and wish you all the very best in your future mission! Take care and God bless!

Project Coordination Committee (PCC) Meeting

Project Coordination Committee Meeting conducted to strengthen project cooperation, to get ideas, and to find solutions for project implementation obstacle and encourage PCC members from partners to support on project implementation activities.