BEST PRACTICES Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Alliance Until no Rwandan is malnourished

Learning Route

SUN(Civil Society) Alliance-Rwanda

Structure of the CSA in Rwanda Actors involved in evolution Functions and trajectory to reach hereNetworking with other CSAs at regional levelCollaboration with SUN Gov’t, globalAchievements -challenges

Rwanda Stakeholder and Action Mapping

The goal The processUses of the Mapping and the toolReplication

Decentralization and Operationalization of Nutrition interventions at district level (Gisagara)

•Policy review•Research•Community mobilization

Learn about: Social mobilization Advocacy Communication 4 behavioral change Multi-stakeholder coordinationNeed to know(a) Actors involved and roles played by the different stakeholders(b) Who are the direct beneficiaries(c) Action plan to operationalize nutrition interventions at district level(d) Goals (mid-term, long-term) (e) Results achieved and current challenges.

Private Sector in the fight against child malnutrition

Social mobilization towards nutrition Marketing, integrated approach Involvement of the private sector

Evidence-based advocacy in promoting safe dairy products

The structure of the Rwanda National Dairy Platform Actors involved and their role The linkage between producers Processors and consumers and the role of CSA in promoting the certification of nutritional productsConcrete changes observed in child nutrition and in mothers as result of the activities promoted

Local communities mobilized Actors involved Initiatives at local level Concrete changes observed in child nutrition pregnant mothers and breast-feeding

mothers as result of the activities promoted

Encouraging milk consumption to fight child malnutrition