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In 2020, the FIOVANA project began health and nutrition activities in Antoinette\u2019s village of Amporoforo, in the Farafangana District. The project aims to improve food security for vulnerable communities by supporting the health and nutrition of mothers and children under five. While pregnant with Harissian, Antoinette actively participated in the trainings and activities organized for mothers and caregivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSince I was four months pregnant, I went to the distribution site every month to receive corn-soya blend and oil,\u201d she said. \u201cI also attended training sessions where I learned about pregnancy care and child nutrition. For example, I was taught to exclusively breastfeed until the baby is six months old, and I am doing that with Harissian.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, Antoinette is already seeing the impact on her son\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEvery month, I take Harissian to growth monitoring sessions, and he continues to gain weight,\u201d she shared. \u201cAt first, he weighed 6 kg (13.2 lbs), and the following month he weighed 6.5 kg (14.3 lbs). I believe this is because I am exclusively breastfeeding him and because of the food support I receive from the project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Through its training sessions, FIOVANA promotes key practices for mothers and caregivers, such as handwashing, proper breastfeeding, child growth monitoring, and diet diversification. Antoinette regularly attends these sessions and applies what she learns at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI really appreciate the advice they give,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is very helpful for my family, especially for young children. For example, today I learned about diversifying meals\u2014not only for children but also for nursing mothers to improve the quality of breast milk. These are simple practices that I can easily use at home. Now I know how to prepare healthy meals using local, affordable ingredients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Antoinette, life has changed significantly since FIOVANA began health activities in her community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy child and I are healthy and strong today, thanks to the support from the project,\u201d she said. \u201cBefore, my older children were not as healthy. I had to take them to the doctor when they were just one month old. With Harissian, I have not needed to take him to the doctor. I feel relieved of many worries and struggles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Antoinette is one of 19,536 mothers who received supplementary feeding from the FIOVANA project in 2022. That same year, Harissian and 31,262 other children in FIOVANA-supported communities benefited from monthly growth monitoring sessions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u0418\u0437-\u0437\u0430 \u0442\u0440\u0430\u0433\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0438, \u0441\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0438\u0432\u0448\u0435\u0439\u0441\u044f \u0441 \u043d\u0435\u0439 \u043d\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u043b\u0435\u0442 \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0434, \u0410\u043d\u0442\u0443\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0442\u0442\u0430 \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0437\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043e \u0437\u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0432\u044c\u0435 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0438\u0445 \u0434\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0439.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":41647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[785,615,284,819,558,829],"tags":[869,997,500],"class_list":["post-41646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-blog","category-health","category-madagascar","category-nutrition","category-voices","tag-adra-international-project","tag-fiovana-project","tag-usaid"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47829,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41646\/revisions\/47829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-27-at-6.09.41-pm-1024x687.png\")
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