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PD/Hearth project in Indonesia

Sector: Nutrition

Location(s): Jakarta, Indonesia / Aceh Indonesia / Medan Indonesia / West Sumatra Indonesia / Banten Indonesia / Cianjur Indonesia / Garut Indonesia / Sukabumi Indonesia / Malang Indonesia / Surabaya Indonesia / Kalimantan Indonesia / Papua Indonesia

Organization: USAID, World Vision, Mercy Corps, Save the Children, CARE, Plan International, Indonesian Ministry of Health


From 2003 – 2008, USAID funded five international NGOs, (CARE, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Mercy Corps (MC), Save the Children US (SC), and World Vision International (WVI)), to implement Positive Deviance in Indonesia as part of food security programs. Together, the five NGOs reached 9,997 children across the country. Of this number, 59.6% gained 200g between admission into the program (Day 1) and graduation from the program (Day 10). Of 4,847 participants who were weighed again at the end of the month, 45% had gained the recommended 400g. Results differed slightly (but not significantly) between implementers; however, they differed dramatically between different communities.

Updates July 2009: Partnering with the district health office nutrition department, PD has expanded from a pilot project begun in one village in Cianjur district in West Java province in 2003, to 403 villages in 28 districts in all 4 provinces on the island of Java.  Additionally, the Ministry of Health has expanded the program to 5 other provinces; from Aceh to West Timor. 

Training and implementation is done by staff from district and sub-district health offices. The Ministry of Health has incorporated the PD approach for combating malnutrition of under 5’s into their five year work plan. The new project, NICE, (Nutrition Improvement through Community Empowerment) funded by the Asian Development Bank and managed by the Ministry of Health, will expand the use the PD Nutrition to 6 new provinces building on the capacity of Ministry of Health staff at the provincial, district and sub-district levels and supporting local community health committees.

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PD Hearth Project in Indonesia

 

Sector: Nutrition

Location(s): Indonesia

Organization: USAID

From 2003 – 2008, USAID funded five international NGOs, (CARE, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Mercy Corps (MC), Save the Children US (SC), and World Vision International (WVI)), to implement Positive Deviance in Indonesia as part of food security programs. Together, the five NGOs reached 9,997 children across the country. Of this number, 59.6% gained 200g between admission into the program (Day 1) and graduation from the program (Day 10). Of 4,847 participants who were weighed again at the end of the month, 45% had gained the recommended 400g. Results differed slightly (but not significantly) between implementers; however, they differed dramatically between different communities.

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