FI and Gurugram district admin launch anganwadi nutrition program

The initiative is set to provide millet-based nutritional support to more than 6000+ children in the age group of 3-6 years

Feeding India (FI) in collaboration with Gurugram District Administration, has launched its Anganwadi Nutrition Program (Program) across 200+ Anganwadi centers in Sohna Block. The initiative is set to provide millet-based nutritional support to more than 6000+ children in the age group of 3-6 years. This strategic collaboration aims to implement the system-strengthening program under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), focusing on strengthening Anganwadi centres in Sohna Block. 

Along with this, the Program also entails capacity building of the Anganwadi workers, technology-based monitoring and evaluation solutions and reward and recognition to motivate the Anganwadi workers. With these combined efforts, FI aims to build a malnutrition-free Gurugram.

The Program’s core objectives are improving the overall health status of children, with an emphasis on SAM (severely acute malnourishment) and MAM (moderately acute malnourishment) children by providing energy-dense and high-protein food support.

Provision of supplementary millet-based supplements to children registered in these 200+ Anganwadi centres and its daily monitoring is done with the support of Anganwadi workers, Block Associate (appointed by Feeding India) and support from District Administration.

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