FAMILY HEALTH Empowerment

In Family Health Empowerment groups, women attend educational sessions where they are trained in nutrition, health and hygiene, literacy, small-scale community agriculture, craftsmanship, and cooking. Participants who display consistent attendance receive a month’s worth of food to help supplement their diet at home. This provides incentive for women to come and learn, and it helps Convoy address the nutritional deficiencies of children not in school. Caretakers, especially those who are pregnant, are provided with vitamins for both themselves and their children. All of the participants’ children under 5 years old are monitored through their Body Mass Index to strive toward a reduction in malnutrition and protect healthy development.

How You Can Help

$50

(one-time gift) provides a nutritional supplement for children of our Mothers Clubs participants.

$100

(one-time gift) provides training materials for 10 women in Family Health Empowerment groups for one year.

What Is Early Intervention?

Convoy wants to give mothers and caregivers the opportunity to learn about the early development stages of their young children. As part of Convoy of Hope’s Family Health Empowerment strategy, Early Intervention groups provide practical teaching on how important it is for the caretaker to interact with their children. The intentional interactions that occur through Early Intervention groups help children and their caretakers with the following.

• Eyesight Development

• Fine Motor Skills

• Language Skills

• Color Perception

• Strengthening of the Caregiver-Child Bond

Mothers Clubs started in 2011 and are the primary avenue of Family Health Empowerment. They provide education to women with limited socioeconomic means in the following areas.

Health & Nutrition

Sanitation & Hygiene

Child Care

Gardening

Financial Skills

Menstrual & Breast Health