{"id":1864,"date":"2024-05-20T11:47:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T11:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2025-05-13T13:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:09:12","slug":"ending-malnutrition-one-community-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/2024\/05\/20\/ending-malnutrition-one-community-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Ending Malnutrition, One Community at a Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"en-NG\"><span style=\"color:#0066cc;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 71, 178);\">Ending Malnutrition, One Community at a Time!<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br><\/p><\/span>\n<span style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-59696d8c-7fff-322b-b959-0a46dc534250\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">At <strong>Speak Out Africa Initiative<\/strong>, we are driving nutrition equity through targeted, community-powered interventions across Nigeria. Our work is not just advocacy it\u2019s action that touches lives daily. Here\u2019s how:<\/span><\/span><br><\/p><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-59696d8c-7fff-322b-b959-0a46dc534250\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u2728 <strong>NourishNaija<\/strong> \u2013 In 2024, we launched NourishNaija, a national advocacy and outreach campaign targeting malnutrition at the grassroots. So far, we&#8217;ve reached over 5,000 households across Abuja, Niger, and Nasarawa States, providing practical nutrition education and promoting homegrown solutions using local food items.\n<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-59696d8c-7fff-322b-b959-0a46dc534250\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u2728 <strong>FeedSmart Schools Project <\/strong>\u2013 We\u2019re working inside schools not just in theory, but in action. Over 15 public schools in FCT and Kogi State have been engaged in our FeedSmart Schools Project, strengthening school feeding systems, educating over 3,200 students and 180 teachers on the importance of nutritious meals, and supporting meal monitoring mechanisms. Because children can&#8217;t learn well on an empty stomach.\n<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-59696d8c-7fff-322b-b959-0a46dc534250\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u2728 <b>Rural Mothers\u2019 Nutrition Circles<\/b> \u2013 From Rural Gwagwalada to Lokoja, our Rural Mothers\u2019 Circles are empowering over 1,000 women with practical knowledge on child nutrition, hygiene, and food preparation. These peer-support groups are helping caregivers rethink child feeding using affordable, locally available food.<\/span><\/span><br><\/p><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-59696d8c-7fff-322b-b959-0a46dc534250\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffe We&#8217;re not waiting for the future to fix itself. We are building it. From schools to homes, and from urban slums to rural kitchens \u2014 <b>Speak Out Africa Initiative<\/b> is committed to a Nigeria where no one is left behind<\/span><\/span><br><\/p><\/span>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re leading change through community-rooted nutrition projects<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-slider"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nutrition-slide.jpg",1536,774,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nutrition-slide-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nutrition-slide-300x151.jpg",300,151,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nutrition-slide-768x387.jpg",768,387,true],"large":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nutrition-slide-1024x516.jpg",780,393,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nutrition-slide.jpg",1536,774,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nutrition-slide.jpg",1536,774,false],"benevolent-slider":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nutrition-slide.jpg",1536,774,false],"benevolent-community":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nutrition-slide-960x450.jpg",960,450,true],"benevolent-blog":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nutrition-slide-350x196.jpg",350,196,true],"benevolent-with-sidebar":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nutrition-slide-780x437.jpg",780,437,true],"benevolent-without-sidebar":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nutrition-slide-1200x437.jpg",1200,437,true],"benevolent-featured-post":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nutrition-slide-275x275.jpg",275,275,true],"benevolent-recent-post":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nutrition-slide-75x75.jpg",75,75,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"We're leading change through community-rooted nutrition projects","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1864"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1875,"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions\/1875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}