The first 1,000 days of child care program has been sponsored by Plan and implemented in Yen Minh since 2018, with many diverse and practical activities. The program has close coordination and participation between Plan and local authorities, education , schools and health sectors.
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| Fathers actively participated in the rotating porridge cooking sessions. |
Currently, the district has established 40 parent clubs, 4 models of making milk from seeds and implemented 31 models of nutritional livelihoods at home such as: Raising chickens, pigeons... to provide reasonable and nutritious meals for children. Along with that, every year, Plan Organization has coordinated to organize training for village health workers on caring for the first 1,000 days of a child's life; visiting remote villages for prenatal check-ups, communicating nutrition through the form of cooking porridge in rotation; Supporting breeding animals such as pigeons, chickens for households with malnourished children; weighing children under 5 years old, twice a year; equipping automatic grain milking machines; Instructing and distributing functional foods such as Davikit, Bibomix for malnourished children under 5 years old...
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| Yen Minh district has established 4 models of making milk from seeds. |
In Huu Vinh commune, after more than 3 years of implementing the Program to care for children in the first 1,000 days of life, there have been outstanding results such as: Reducing the rate of children under 5 years old with malnutrition from 17.1% to 16.2% (93/571 children); Mothers have been aware and cooperated with medical staff to take care of children from the time of pregnancy; Fathers have actively participated in activities such as: Cooperating when staff come to visit the fetus, not forcing their wives to give birth at home, actively participating in rotating porridge cooking sessions. Notably, in the first 3 months of 2024 in Huu Vinh commune, 8 children have escaped malnutrition. Of which, in Mon Vai village, there are 2 children: One child born in 2021 from February to March 2024 has gained from 7kg to 8kg, and is still eating Bibomix. A baby born in 2023 has gained weight from 6 kg to 7 kg and is still eating Bibomix.
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| Children who are well cared for in the first 1,000 days of life will develop healthily. |
The above results are due to parents paying more attention to their children's nutrition. Through the porridge cooking sessions, parents have gained knowledge not only about nutrition but also about how to teach children to speak, recognize the world around them, practice speaking their mother tongue and common language. Up to now, in Mon Vai village, there have been 9 more families who have voluntarily joined the rotating porridge cooking group, bringing the total number to 45 households.
It can be seen that good care for children in the first 1,000 days of life will help them develop healthily, reduce the cost of disease burden, and contribute to improving the physical strength and stature of future generations.
Ha Huong (Yen Minh)
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