Ethiopian Scaling Up Nutrition Movement conducted Consultation Workshop.
The objective of the workshop is to validate the government of Ethiopia Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Paris 2025 Commitment among stakeholders. Ethiopian Civil Society Coalition for Scaling Up Nutrition (ECSC-SUN) is part of the consultation workshop held on January 15 – 16, 2025 at Hyatt Regency Hotel. Coalition members presented agendas of commitments. For instance, stunting (under five and under two) by Action Against Hunger (ACF) and CARE; exclusive breast-feeding by ECSC-SUN secretariat and anemia by Nutrition International (NI). After the presentation, interactive session held among participants. The discussion yields valuable feedback and new insight. #ECSC-SUN # N4G #SUN GLOBAL
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Mekelle’s Sensitization Workshop
Tigray Kelete Awlalo wereda is one of intervention areas of Ethiopian Civil Society Coalition for Scaling Up Nutrition (ECSC-SUN) Women Economic Empowerment and Adolescent Initiative (WEE & AI). To sensitize stakeholders in the ECSC-UN WEE & AI intervention a one-day workshop was organized at Mekelle planet Hotel on December 12, 2024. The aim of the event is to discuss current project progress, annual plans, stakeholder roles, and program sustainability. Participants, from regional and woreda government stakeholders, actively engaged in the discussion and reached consensus to closely collaborate to make the program sustainable. Sense of ownership and collaboration among the stakeholders and target group commitment are good indicators to end malnutrition in all its forms!
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Earning money from homestead garden
Project participant women living in Tigray Kelete Awlalo woreda are producing vegetable in homestead garden and consuming their product. Not only consume what they produced in small plot of land and vertical farming technique but also, they earn money by selling the excessive products. For instance, Nigisti Abrha is one of the target women earns more than 2 thousand Birrs within past 6 month by selling cabbage and vegetable seedling. Ethiopian Civil Society Coalition for Scaling Up Nutrition (ECSC-SUN) has a pilot project focused on women empowerment. Through women economic empowerment and adolescent initiative intervention, ECSC-SUN plans to improve household nutrition status in three regions: Tigray, Afar and Somali. To assess the implementation progress of the project, ECSC-SUN secretariat conducted visit to project area Tigray, Kelete Awlalo. Project participant women conducted cocking and feeding demonstrations for visiting team. They used vegetable (cabbage, tomato), animal products(egg) and pulse to produce nutritious dense food for children and adults separately. The team consists of regional and woreda Food and Nutrition implementing sectors, ECSC-SUN secretariat, Mums for Mums (MfM) Save the children Tigray office. The team appreciate the progress and encourage the women’s effort. The woreda multi sectorial coordination is clearly seen in this project. Health, agriculture, water and women affair sectors collaborate to support the beneficiaries to produce, consume and to bring attitudinal change regarding women and children feeding practice. These coordination and commitment are best indicators for the sustainability of the piloted project.
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Planning workshop completed
ECSC-SUN and implementing partners plan alignment workshop was successfully completed. The ECSC-SUN secretariat held its annual plan alignment workshop with implementing partners from November 8-9, 2024, at the Robi Hotel in Adama. Attendees included representatives from Save the Children’s Award Office, Gender Equality Project (GEP) staff from Afar and Somali regions, and key implementing partners Amref Health Africa (Afar) and Mums for Mums (Tigray). The workshop aimed to synchronize each partner’s plans with ECSC-SUN’s strategic objectives for the upcoming fiscal year. Based on the secretariat annual plan, implementing partners drafted their plan and presented to the workshop participants. After through discussion, partners incorporated the feedback and produced refined aligned version of the plan. Each plan now includes specific budget allocations and a timeline for implementation. In addition, Essential donor compliance and reporting standards shared; financial and narrative reporting tips were given to participants to improve reporting quality and consistency. The workshop officially closed with closing remark. In his closing remark, Mr. Abebe Bimerew, ECSC-SUN National Lead emphasized revitalizing regional platforms key is the key priority in the annual plan, with a particular focus on Tigray. He urged regional leads to actively map Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in their areas and foster collaboration. He also emphasized the importance of early project initiation and timely reporting to achieve planed activities. ECSC-SUN has been implementing Irish aid funded project named “Enhancing Leadership, Commitment and Accountability to Improve Nutrition Outcomes”. GEP and implementing partners implementing Women Economic Empowerment and Adolescent Initiative (WEE&AI) intervention pilot project in three regions, Afar, Tigray and Somali, benefitted 90 target women.
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Regional Sensitization Workshop
The workshop aimed to sensitize Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on nutrition multisectoral integration in Central Ethiopia Region in Butajira Town. Ethiopian Civil Society Coalition for Scaling Up Nutrition (ECSC-SUN) secretariat participated in the workshop on October 30, 2024. It is recalled that ECSC-SUN General Assembly delegated The Hunger Project Ethiopia to coordinate the Central Ethiopia’s support platform. The workshop, financially supported by The Hunger Project Ethiopia, gathered key stakeholders from CSOs to discuss regional platform establishment. It was collectively decided that the official regional platform establishment workshop would be scheduled for the first week of December 2024. The ECSC-SUN Secretariat’s technical support was also formally requested to ensure the success of this upcoming event. # ECSC-SUN # TheHungerProjectEthiopia
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ECSC-SUN endorsed strategies
ECSC-SUN endorsed two strategic documents during its General Assembly. On September 23, 2024 , ECSC-SUN held its general assembly meeting and learning event at Hyatt Regency Hotel with the them “Collaborative effort for better nutrition: Equity! Leaving no one behind ! ” More than 60 coalition members, government sectors and development partners participated in the event. ECSC- SUN Gender Transformative Food Systems and Nutrition Programing Strategy and ECSC-SUN Food and Nutrition Advocacy strategy documents endorsed during the meeting. These strategy documents help coalition members to guide their advocacy activities and gender related interventions.
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Oromia region ECSC-SUN support plat form launched
Oromia region ECSC-SUN support plat form launching wor kshop held with the presence of higher officials. Ethiopia Civil Society Coalition for Scaling Up Nutrition (ECSC-SUN) is striving to improve nutrition status of the country. As a coalition it has supported the country’s initiative to end malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. ECSC-SUN has established support platforms in different regions including Oromia region. Her excellency Professor Netsanet Workeneh, Oromia regional health bureau head, made opening remark on the Oromia support platform launching workshop. On her speech she emphasized the impact of malnutrition on children health and growth in the region. She underscored that the regional government is committed to avert the problem working in collaboration with Civil Society Organizations. Collaborative efforts can make difference in maternal and child nutrition according to Mr. Abebe, ECSC-SUN National lead. He explained that the civil society organization’s role is undeniable in capacity building and other aspects of food and nutrition strategy implementation. Action against hunger, ECSC-SUN regional platform leading in Oromia, is facilitated workshop in collaboration with regional food system and nutrition coordination office. Action against hunger continues as the chair of the steering committee and Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekanyesus Development and Social Services Commission is selected as co- chair for steering committee in the regional platform.
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Nutrition leadership training
The first “Nutrition leadership” training held in Southwest Ethiopia, Mizan town. The training enhanced the multisectoral nutrition leadership capabilities of the regional Food and Nutrition Coordination Office. The Ethiopia Civil Society Coalition for Scaling Up Nutrition (ECSC-SUN) and Alive and Thrive supported the initiative. #NutritionLeadership #ScalingUpNutrition #Ethiopia #Alive & Thrive #ECSC-SUN #Savethechildreninternational
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ECSC-SUN conducted regional review meeting
Malnutrition has been significant challenge for Ethiopia. It has multifaced immediate, underlying, and basic causes and resulted morbidity and mortality among children. To get out of the strap of vicious cycle of malnutrition, well-organized, strongly integrated and multisectoral and multidimensional response become crucial. Coordination is vital to comprehensively address malnutrition problems in the country. Ethiopian Civil Society Coalition for Scaling Up Nutrition (ECSC-SUN) is established to support ending malnutrition activities. A part of this effort ECSC-SUN conducted Sidama, Central Ethiopia & South Ethiopia Regions Support Platform Bi-annual Review meeting. The meeting aimed to strengthen partnership of coalition members who engaged in livelihood/food/ nutrition security, WASH and Health related development and humanitarian endeavors operating in Sidama, Central Ethiopia and South Ethiopia Regions. These integration in turn create shared spaces for improved nutrition with aim to end malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. In his closing remark, Abebe Bimerew ECSC-SUN national lead, emphasized the importance of the regional ECSC-SUN platform, providing regular report updates, and discussing the next steps to achieve the set goals. #Togetherfornutrition
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ECSC-SUN quality standards introduced
Satisfaction can be measured by the service quality one receives from an office. To enhance the satisfaction of nutrition actors and their respective customers, quality service delivery system is very important. Bringing the members of Ethiopian Civil Society Coalition for Scaling Up nutrition (ECSC-SUN) secretariat and steering committee to the same level of understanding on quality benchmarks and accountability system, a three-day training was organized. 14 coalition members participated on the training that held at Adama, from 26-28 June 2024. The training topics were monitoring, evaluation, accountability and quality benchmarking. During the training workshop, ECSC-SUN quality standards introduced to participants. Moreover, ECSC-SUN quality benchmark activities have been reviewed and commented. According to the participants, the training was important and millstone for their future activities and life as well.
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