The JoJ program operates in rural areas, where agricultural activities play a critical role in

household livelihoods. The program has undertaken a series of interventions to support

improved agricultural, gardening, and poultry production activities. Support has focused on

increasing household production of agricultural and livestock products that can improve the

diets of the households as well as provide additional cash income through market sales.

Overall, the results show substantial uptake of messages about improved gardening and poultry

practices. A large portion of households that do not or did not participate directly in HFP now

report utilizing practices recommended in that program component. In addition, the graduated

beneficiary households generally show an even higher rate of utilization of recommended

practices than current program participants.

Strategic Objective:

SO1: Food availability and purchasing power at the household level will have increased.

This strategic objective is pursued through the Homestead food production (HFP)

component, which supports households to apply improved home gardening,

agricultural, and poultry practices. The support is intended to provide households

with a wider diversity of foods in their diets, as well as to enhance household

income through increased sales of crop and livestock products.

SO2: The health and nutrition of pregnant women and children under the age of two will

have improved. Two program components support this strategic objective: Maternal

and Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN), and Water and Sanitation (WASH). The

MCHN component works with mothers of under-2 children to promote appropriate

antenatal practices, infant and child feeding practices, and effective health-seeking

behaviors for children in the household.

SO3: Households will be more resilient to shocks that threaten their livelihoods. The

activities under this strategic objective are mostly directed toward improving local

and community preparedness for emergencies.

 

Major Activities:

• Conduct needs assessments and promote water switching
• Rehabilitation non-functioning safe water points and install new ones
• Testing tubewells for arsenic contamination as well as marking the tested tube-wells (green for acceptable, red for contaminated)
• Implement demand driven sanitation programmes
• Establish village sanitation centres to demonstrate different latrine options
• Form Village Development Committees
• Training support to LNGOs, masons
• Construct school sanitary latrines
• Mass-media campaign which includes stickers, posters, murals, airing WatSan message on radio & megaphones, and conducting mobile TV/Film broadcasts