📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2024.2040.4
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible organizational unit:
1300 Southern Africa
Contact person:
Dr. Martina Kress martina.kress@giz.de
Partner countries:
Zambia
SUMMARY
Goals:
The nutritional status and resilience of poor rural households, especially women and young children, have improved in selected districts of the Eastern Province and Luapula Province
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
National Food and Nutrition Commission
Financier:
not available
ORDER VOLUME
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
15,000,000 euros
Current project:
15,000,000 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
not available
PREVIOUS PROJECT
not available
SUCCESSOR PROJECT
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
October 29, 2024 - March 31, 2028
Current project:
October 29, 2024 - March 31, 2028
OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED
not available
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
Gender equality
Main goal
Democratic and inclusive governance
Significant secondary objective
Adaptation to climate change
Significant secondary objective
Mother and child health
Significant secondary objective
CRS KEY
43072 Food security programmes at the household level
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Context
In Zambia, large sections of the population suffer from malnutrition due to a variety of factors: high poverty rates, inadequate access to health services, contaminated drinking water and the effects of climate change such as droughts and floods are just a few examples. These challenges lead to a shortage of nutrient-rich and affordable food. In addition, the population often lacks the necessary knowledge about healthy eating or hygiene.
If children do not receive sufficient micronutrients in their first two years of life, this can have lifelong and irreversible effects on their health and development. Both physical and mental growth can be impaired. In Zambia, 32 percent of children suffer from this form of chronic malnutrition, with serious consequences for their own lives and the country's economy.
Objective
The nutritional situation and resilience of poor households in rural areas, especially women and young children, were improved in selected districts of the Eastern Province and Luapula Province.
Approach
The project supports 75,000 women of reproductive age, 20,000 children under the age of two, and 37,500 men from the same household. Its objectives are to:
• Expand knowledge about nutrition and drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene – thereby promoting practices that ensure both a balanced diet and adequate hygiene and sanitation standards. Through savings groups, the project improves the economic situation of ho
