
What we do
We at Project SuPoshan aim to utilize a community-based approach to address the issues of malnutrition and anaemia in about 1268 villages and 139 slums at 22 locations across India.
As a developing nation, today one of our biggest concerns is malnutrition and anaemia. With around 38% of children under the age of 5 being stunted, 58% are still suffering from anaemia. On the other hand, 50% of pregnant women & 53% of women in general are anaemic in the age group 19-45 years.
Since May 2016, we have a team of 70 development professionals and 640 Sanginis by continuously training them on issues relating to malnutrition & anaemia. They, in turn, spread awareness on these issues, facilitating a behaviour change in children and women in rural India.
ADANI WILMAR IS ON A MISSION TO
Activities at Site Level
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Stakeholder consultation from State to village level
- Regular capacity building of Sangini on issues of malnutrition and anaemia
- Monthly meeting for activity review and capacity enhancement
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Village level awareness and Sangini selection
- Village level awareness for SuPoshan – Gram Sabha, Panchayat meetings
- Selection of Sangini
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Regular capacity building of Sangini
- House hold contacts for SuPoshan awareness and Survey
- Data collection for understanding case-load of Sangini
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Household surveys
- House hold contacts for SuPoshan awareness and Survey
- Data collection for understanding case-load of Sangini
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Anthropometric measurements and identification of SAM( Severely Acute Malnourished) & MAM (Moderately Acute Malnourished)
- Anthropometric Measurement of Children in age group of 0-5 years
- Identification of SAM ( Severely Acute Malnourished) / MAM (Moderately Acute Malnourished) children
- Mid Upper Arm Circumference’ (MUAC) measurement for confirmation for SAM -Treatment
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Focus group discussions and family counselling
- Group Discussion with Mothers’ groups for improving nutrition at family level
- Family counselling of parents – for SAM / MAM children for behaviour change , food habits & Health and hygiene promotion
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Severe case referrals & initiation of community based management
- Referral of SAM children at ‘Child Malnutrition Treatment Centre’ - CMTC
- (Facility based treatment for children with medical complication and oedema)
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Nurturing severe and moderate cases of acute malnutrition
- Community based Mgt. of Acute Malnutrition
- Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) for SAM children
- Regular monitoring of children taking RUTF – MUAC, and Weight
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Pregnant & lactating women's care
- Pregnant & lactating women groups
- Support for accessing government Services – ICDS/PHC, Vaccination, Take Home ration etc
- Focusing on 10 proven points for curbing malnutrition – Care during pregnancy and after delivery, first 1000 days concept
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Food & hygiene demonstrations
- FDG for improving nutrition at family level
- Food/ Recipe demo for better & scientific practices including hygiene
- Innovative events- SuPoshan mela, Signature Campaign to support the project, Cooking show etc
- Health Camps, Coordination with Mobile Health Unit
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Haemoglobin screening for adolescents girls & women in reproductive age
- Anaemia Intervention
- HB screening - Adolescent Girls, Pregnant & Lactating Women and in reproductive age group
- Linkages with ICDS and Primary Health Centre for IFA tablets
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Innovative events - cooking shows and SuPoshan melas
- Focused Group Discussions -for capacity building of mothers, adolescent girls and women groups
- Explaining causes and effects of anaemia, Peer pressure for promoting behaviour change
- Continuous Community mobilization - Village level events to act collectively
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SuPoshan Vatikas – kitchen garden
- Kitchen Garden initiative
- Support for cultivating iron rich leafy vegetable and Moringa
- Promote regular use through counselling and peer monitoring
Journey So Far
We initiated project SuPoshan in May 2016 and identified 10 locations covering 276 villages and 5 wards during the first year of its inception. We added 4 more locations in the subsequent year reaching out to a total of 309 villages and 5 wards. Today, project SuPoshan is serving 22 locations spread across 1450 villages, 5 wards and 85 slums covering 15.6 lakh population.
As per National Family Health Survey - 4 (2015-16)

Malnutrition amongst Children (0-5 Years) | |
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Stunting(Low Height for Age) | 38% |
Wasting (Low Weight for Height) | 21% |
S. Wasting (Below 3SD) | 7% |
Underweight (Low Weight for Age) | 36% |

ANAEMIC (<11 GM/DL) WOMEN 15-49 YEARS | ||
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Pregnant Women | NFHS-3 (2005-06) | NFHS-4 (2015-16) |
58% | 50% | |
Women(General) | NFHS-3 | NFHS-4 |
55% | 53% |