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CESVI FOOD SECURITY PROJECT IN
PYIN OO LWIN
Cesvi - an independent lay
association founded in 1985 - is
today one of the most important
humanitarian organizations in Italy.
The words “cooperazione e sviluppo”
(cooperation and development) in the
Cesvi acronym define the end
purposes of the association: fair
and sustainable civic and economic
development among peoples,
implemented by helping the poor
people of the world through joint
cooperation.
Not with charity and handouts, but
by designing and supporting
development plans that make use of
local resources and mobilize of the
population.
Since 2001, CESVI is the first
Italian Ngo to operate in Myanmar.
Cesvi is one of the few Italian
NGO’s operating in the country,
active since 2001 in the health
sector, mainly in disease control
activities focusing on malaria
prevention and treatment.
In August 2007, CESVI started its
Food Security activities in Pyin Oo
Lwin (Mandalay Division), thanks to
a partnership agreement with the
European Commission.
Pyin Oo
Lwin Project Overview
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1. |
Country |
Myanmar |
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2. |
Title of the Project |
Community-based
food security
programme in Pyin Oo
Lwin Township,
Mandalay Division,
Myanmar. |
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3. |
Duration |
36 Months (1 of
August 2007- 31 of
July 2010) |
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4. |
Donor |
European Commission |
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5. |
Implementing
Organization |
CESVI |
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6. |
Target Area |
76 Villages in Pyin
Oo Lwin Township,
Mandalay Division. |
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7. |
Target groups |
Highly vulnerable
households living in
76 villages,
particularly
pregnant women,
mothers, children
under-5, primary
school children,
poor high-land
satellite farmers
(around 36,000
people). |
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8. |
Project Objectives |
Overall
objective:
to improve
livelihood
conditions of the
targeted communities
by tackling
underlying causes of
poverty and
promoting active
participation at
grassroots level
Specific
objective:
to improve food
security performance
indicators in the
targeted areas
through a
participatory and
sustainable approach
aiming at improving
the access and the
use of food (quality
and/or quantity of
food consumption),
promoting water and
sanitation correct
behaviors and
practices, improving
the efficiency of
basic health
facilities in 76
villages in
Pyin-oo-lwin
Township, Mandalay
Division. |
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9. |
Expected Results |
1) Highly vulnerable
households in 76
villages have
increased food
consumption in terms
of quantity and
quality (nutritional value)
2) Selected
households, students
and young children
living in 76
villages have access
to improved water &
sanitation facilities
3) Targeted people
in the 76 villages
have better access
to basic health
facilities and
receive more
efficient
public health services. |
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10. |
Main Activities |
Establishment of
Village Food
Security Committees.
Organization of
Advocacy meetings at
local and regional
level.
Establishment of
kitchen-gardens and
food preservation
units (like Korean
pickle) for
poorest/vulnerable
households.
Support to poor
hill-side farmers in
shifting from a
mobile to a
permanent farming
system.
Cooking, feeding,
and nutrition
promotion for
mothers, pregnant
women, and primary
school children.
Peer
hygiene/nutrition
promoters training,
water quality
testing and
awareness raising
training, care-taker
training,
project-staff’s
capacity building
training.
Hygiene promotion
for pregnant women,
mothers, and
Children.
Construction/Renovation
of water
micro-systems (Dug
Wells, Shallow Tube
Wells, Low Pressure
Gravity-flow Piping
Water Systems and
Ground Tanks, Low
Running Cost Lifting
Devices, Rain Water
Collection Tanks).
Construction/Renovation
of rooms of latrines
with hand- washing
facilities.
Health-staff’s
orientation and
refresher training;
Provision of
clinical instruments
and water facilities
to Rural Health
Centres;
Development and
distribution of IEC
materials and BCC
tools;
Facilitate
participatory impact
review/evaluation
exercises. |
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