Presentation for APIP meeting "Best Practices in Jharkhand"

1. Presentation for APIP meeting "Best Practices in Jharkhand" Social Welfare Women, and Child Development Department, Jharkhand

2. ICDS in Jharkhand

3. Approx 3 lac children newly enrolled during this Abhiyan at the AWC • This Abhiyan ensured 100 percent attendance of pre enrolled child at the AWC • Effective participation of PRI members with ownership • Social Audit of resources available at AWC Chalo Anganwadi Kendra Se Jude Hum Abhiyan in May 2013

4. PLAN OF ACTION STATE LEVEL MEETING DISTRICT LEVEL MEETING SUB DIVISION MEETING BLOCK LEVEL MEETING CLUSTER LEVEL MEETING DOOR TO DOOR SURVEY Abhiyan Day

5. Abhiyan on Chalo Anganwadi kendra se Jude Hum Preparatory phase Department organized the statewide campaign on Chalo Anganwadi Kendra Se Jude Hum Abhiyan without involving any extra financial cost. The process involved during the campaign is as follows with following objectives 1. Ensuring 100 percent attendance of pre- enrolled children at the AWC 2. New enrollment between the target age group of 3 to 5 years at AWC within their catchment area 3. Social audit of the assets available at AWC like–medicine kit, pre-school kit, SABLA kit and other amenities provided at AWC

6. Phase 1: Strategy State Level • The state level meeting called with all departmental officials for designing of Plan of Action (POA) for this campaign • Meeting with development partners and NGO for usage of their resources in concerned areas • Meeting with corporate agency (TATA, Jindal) for their support during the campaign • POA developed and shared with all Deputy Commissioners, DSWOs and other partners • Letter to interdepartmental secretaries for convergence during the campaign • Letter issued to all deputy commissioner , DSWO, and DO letter to all PRI members for conducting meeting with field functionaries for making this event successful. • The district level, divisional level, cluster level and block level meeting were held in each and every district with POA

7. Phase II - Preparation

8. Phase III - Execution

9. Result (in %) On Abhiyan day 93% presence of already enrolled child observed Source: District Report

10. Indelible marks of the campaign………………

11. AN INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE THE STATUS OF CHILDREN WITH SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION IN HAZARIBAGH DISTRICT

12. Strategyadoption Malnutrition Treatment Center: Identified SAM children referred to MTC and receive treatment according to protocol. Children without medical complication adopted by the civil society along children discharge from MTC after treatment. Sponsorship / adoption: To fight against Malnutrition district administration sensitize and involved Civil Society, Government Functionaries. Pooling resources at the local level to solve local calamity is an effort worth mentioning. Jan Samvad: Officials of District Administration covered 500 villages as means of generating awareness on Malnutrition and ways and means of improving the status of malnourished children through the use of locally available energy dense/nutritional food. IEC: Song and Drama Division was roped in to spread the messages of ill effects of malnutrition and how families could keep their children healthy to avoid falling into the vicious cycle of malnutrition.

13. Strategy adoption Nutrition Package: During a workshop at the District level, representatives from UNICEF, shared the concept of making nutritious food with the locally available food materials. The District Administration suggested the same to the sponsors and shared the method of making the special packaged diet. The ingredients to make 100gm meal are; Whole Wheat 30 gm Soybean 20 gm Bengal gram Flour (Sattu) 5 gm Sugar 35 gm Edible Refine oil 10 gm Total 100 gm

14. Field level Strategy

15. SapathPatra During the Nutrition Week During the Celebration of Nutrition Week Department took initiative towards launch of SapathPatra to ensure the up gradation of nutrition and health status by community behavioural changes

16. Adoption of AWC • Under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Abhijit Group, Tata Steel, Usha Martin Ltd. has adopted Anganwadi Center's in Latehar, East Singhbhum and West Singhbhum district respectively. Following support and activities has been extended by them. • Betterment of physical infrastructure in the AWC • - Separate room ANC and Health checkup • - Kitchen garden • - Wall painting & indoor playing facility at AWC • - Outdoor playing space with swings • Support in the supplementary nutrition programme in the AWC (providing nutritional food) • Community mobilization in the catchment area of AWC

17. Establishment of Real-time- Monitoring Cell • Real time monitoring cell was established at the state level for monitor the services at Anganwadi Center • The cell was started in 2010-11 at the state level and decentralized at district level in 2012-13. • The cell telephonically monitor (direct call to AWW, PRI member etc) randomly selected AWC (on remote area) on daily basis • The results shows that regular opening of AWC and effective delivery of services at AWC

18. Real Time Telephonically Monitoring System • Daily Monitoring • 100 AWC20 L.S 5 C.D.P.O 5 D.S.W.O Villager/ PRIs member • parents of beneficiaries • Preparation of Daily Monitoring Report • Direction/Suggestion to AWW for necessary correction Letter/E-mail/Telephonically • direction by Director DSW for • corrective steps on problematic • areas to concern officer/AWW. • After getting information of correction report from field level officer, concern AWC monitored again to know the status of problem.

19. Real Time Monitoring Cell(Progress Report of Technology based Monitoring System: Direct Approach to Beneficiaries) Total AWC Monitored: 14538 (July- Sep 2013) For better and most effective monitoring of the AWC, involvement of ALMSC and non-government members have been planned and its going to be executed.

20. Future strategies

21. Sneh Shivir 'A positive deviance approach with an objective of identifying solution to community problem within the community'

22. State's Strategies For the moderate and severely undernourished children between age of 6 month to 59 months along with their mothers/caregivers. FOR WHOM Where there is a high prevalence of moderate and severe under nutrition amongst the children of the community . Out of a cluster of 4 to 5 Anganwadi's based on 4 A’s (Accessibility, Availability, Acceptability & Approachability) of the target group. WHERE Duration of SnehShivir will be a 12 days NCCS (Nutritional Counseling and Care Sessions) at AWCs followed by 18 days follow-up at the home of the children, who have attended the SnehShivir and the Nutrition, Health, Sanitation, personal health and hygiene would be the pillars of NCCS HOW

23. Geographical Spread 12 high burden districts 22107 AWCs including Mini AWC • Rs. 5950 per camp over a cluster of 4 AWCs • 3 camps (quarterly) in a year has to be conducted over a cluster of 4 AWC

24. 12 days NCCS and activities

25. During these session there will be demonstration on the good and hygienic practices of cleanness as well as cooking practices by member of well to do families and civil society under positive deviance approach

26. 12 days NCCS and 18 days of follow up at the house hold level will lead to a Healthy and Smiling child ………….

27. What in case of absenteeism….. ? Ex- if absent on day 3 & 8 the picture will look like…… and it will lead to lessening of absenteeism.

28. Thanks