Photo: Nyandarua County Governor Moses Kiarie Badilisha
Nyandarua County Governor in partnership with Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and CARE International have launched the catalyzing strengthened policy actions for healthy diets and resilience (CASCADE) program, a nutrition enrichment project targeting households – especially women and children.
Speaking at Oljororok Primary School on Thursday during the launch of the program, Governor Moses Kiarie Badilisha said the county is in support of the collaborative efforts between the county government and development agencies towards improving the nutritional needs of Nyandarua people.
He said that one way to achieve this is through educating families – especially women and creating alternative and broader avenues of income generation for households.
He also urged the community members to practice what they shall be taught by CARE and GAIN so that they can triple their farm produce.
On their part, the two stakeholders, CARE Kenya and GAIN, said that the project is set to transform food systems and combat malnutrition.
The CASCADE project will engage various stakeholders at county levels in order to increase budgetary allocation for nutrition in line with the County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs), implement county nutrition action plans (CNAPS) and other agro-nutrition-related policies.
According to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey of 2022 (KDHS) stunting in children is higher among children in rural areas (20%) than among children in urban areas (12%).
Stunted growth in children in Nyandarua County stands at 18% according to the KDHS survey of 2022.