The five-year ADRA program titled\u00a0Asotry<\/em>* will reduce vulnerability and food insecurity among households and communities in the regions of Amoron\u2019i Mania, Haute Matsiatra, and Atsimo Andrefana.<\/p>\n The program will directly benefit 264,380 children under five, women, and men and comprises the following objectives: improve health and nutrition, increase sustainable access to food, improve disaster preparedness and response, and improve natural resource management.<\/p>\n \u201cADRA\u2019s theory of change is centered around holistic development,\u201d said Imad Madanat, vice president of programs for ADRA International.\u00a0 \u201cTo address the underlying causes of poverty and malnutrition, it is critical that we implement an integrated, multi-sectorial program.\u00a0 In keeping with ADRA’s core values, Asotry<\/em> will help some of the most vulnerable communities in Madagascar.\u201d<\/p>\n Because of the high rates of malnutrition and stunting in children under five, ADRA will work with women and children to improve health and nutrition. Women\u2019s groups will deliver education and promotion regarding maternal health, breastfeeding, caring for common illnesses, sanitation, and hygiene.<\/p>\n Additionally, farmers will receive technical assistance to sustainably increase crop yields and sales of products.\u00a0 Farmer Field Schools will introduce farmers to agricultural innovations, including drought-resistant seeds, soil management techniques, and pest control.<\/p>\n This partnership with USAID follows a long list of successful ADRA projects in Madagascar, many of which were implemented with the help of USAID.<\/p>\n \u201cWe value our partnership with USAID,\u201d said Madanat.\u00a0 \u201cIt has enabled us to deliver high impact interventions and foster positive change around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n *Name means \u2018harvest\u2019 in Malagasy<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The five-year ADRA program titled\u00a0Asotry* will reduce vulnerability and food insecurity among households and communities in the regions of Amoron\u2019i Mania, Haute Matsiatra, and Atsimo Andrefana.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[785,609,819,558,775,11],"tags":[996,1147,1160,500],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-food-assistance","category-madagascar","category-nutrition","category-post-type","category-press-release","tag-advocacy","tag-farming","tag-technical-vocational-training","tag-usaid"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48401,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions\/48401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}