By Uttama Pranaya | Fundraising & Communications
Dear friend,
Currently, the prevalence of child stunting in Indonesia is at 24% at the national level, which means 1 out of 4 children is stunted. In 2021, during our fight against stunting, we realized that community participation was the key to ensuring the success of stunting prevention. While working with over 100 women volunteer health workers (kader) to support communities to prevent stunting, we aimed to empower a select group of them to become community leaders.
These women community leaders are equipped not only with knowledge about stunting prevention, but also with the soft skills to ensure they can effectively deliver the information to their respective community. As the community leaders reinforce their knowledge, they are also providing mentorship and knowledge training to other kader in their communities, who in turn, will spread the message on stunting prevention to hundreds of families in their communities.
The dedication and commitment of the community leaders toward their work in supporting their own communities have been nothing less than inspiring. As they became empowered with skills and knowledge, they also became more active and responsible members supporting their community. As they grow with each training they receive, combined with the experience they gain while supporting their communities, a new sense of confidence and self-worth emerges. Right now, there are 30 community leaders in our working area of West Java and Central Kalimantan.
We hope that with the support they get, they are able to spread the positive energy and have a lasting ripple effect on the community so that in time, more and more people join hands in preventing stunting.
In other news: YUM’s 2021 Annual Report has been published! Find out more about all our activities by going to YUM 2021 Annual Report
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By Yolanda Utami Nilasari | Project Leader
By Yolanda Utami Nilasari | Project Leader
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