Title

 Sustained Opportunities for Nutrition Governance (SONGO)

The project aims at ensuring Food and Nutrition Security for women and children with better feeding/care practices and an improved safe/hygiene environment. Furthermore, SONGO will ensure nutrition governance through facilitating accountability, transparency and participation mechanisms. Beneficiary selection is based on an ‘all-inclusive’ approach which no household leaves behind (most poor and vulnerable.) A distinctive feature is the use of mobile phone applications to foster interactions between health workers and their clients.

Duration

From 2/9/2018 to 1/9/2023

Budget (Euro)

Total costs : EUR 9,000,000.00, EU contribution EUR 7,650,000.00

Locations

Gaibandha and Kurigram districts in Northwest Bangladesh

Implementing Organization (s)

ICCO Cooperation

Implementing Partner:

RDRS Bangladesh

Objectives

Outcome (Specific Objectives) and Outputs (Expected results)

The overall goal of the action is to improve maternal and child nutrition in Gaibandha and Kurigram districts of Northwest Bangladesh.

Expected outcomes:

• Effective Upazila (UPZ) level nutrition governance mechanisms in operation
• Improved maternal and child health and nutrition practices
• Improved WASH and environmental hygiene infrastructure and practices
• Enhanced year-round availability and access to safe and nutritious food 

Target group(s)

18 unions in 6 upazilas of Gaibandha and Kurigram districts

Final beneficiaries

112,000 households