PRESENTATION
TOPIC: TAWANA
SCHOOL FEEDING
PROGRAM
■ Group :04
■ Members:09
■ Name:
■ Alishba Ashfaq ( Fdst211102111)
■ Asma khalid (Fdst211102037)
■ Shanze( Fdst211102126)
■ Ayesha( Fdst211102034)
■ Alishba Batool ( Fdst211102122)
■ Anoshey Fatima ( Fdst211102106). BS- HNAD 7A
■ Khatija ( Fdst211102003). Instructor: Mam Samreen Ahsan
■ Komal( Fdst211102120)
■ Zartasha Nisa ( Fdst211102038)
Content’s :
■ What is Tawana program?
■ Aim of TPP?
■ Project core strategy
■ IMPLEMENTATION of TPP
■ Key Impact’s of this program
■ Important point to consider
■ Outcomes of Tawana program
■ What Challenges phase during this program?
■ Conclusion
Tawana School feeding program :
■ Tawana Pakistan Project, a multifaceted pilot project (Sept.
2002 to June 2005) was funded by the Government of
Pakistan to address poor nutritional status and school
enrollment of primary school age girls.
■ Tawana Pakistan Project (TPP) – a joint initiative of the
Ministry of Women Development, Pakistan Baitul Mal and
the Aga Khan University (AKU) – attempts to fill this
vacuum through a three-year school nutrition package for
girls.
Conti…
■ Aga Khan University partnered the government for the design,
management, monitoring and evaluation of the project, 11
NGO’s facilitated implementation in 4035 rural government
girls’ schools.
■ Training was provided to 663 field workers, 4383 community
organizers, 4336 school teachers and around 95 thousand
rural women
■ The program’s success can be attributed to dealing with
nutrition, education, and empowerment issues simultaneously
What is the Aim of TPP?
■ The Tawana Pakistan Project (TPP) was a pilot project that aimed to
improve the nutritional status and school enrollment of primary
school girls in Pakistan:
■ Improve nutritional status: The project aimed to reduce wasting,
underweight, and stunting.
■ Increase enrollment: The project aimed to increase enrollment and
retention, and reduce absenteeism.
■ Reduce gender and social inequalities: The project aimed to reduce
gender and social inequalities.
■ Create awareness: The project aimed to create awareness in the
community for better healthy living through health and nutrition
education.
Project core strategy :
■ The project’s core strategy was to:
■ Create a safe environment
■ Empower village women to make collective decisions
■ Teach women to plan balanced menus, purchase food,
prepare, and serve a noon meal at school
■ The strategy addresses malnutrition and micro-nutrient
deficiencies in the girl child, and improvement in school
enrollment and cognitive learning.
IMPLEMENTATION OF TPP:
■ TPP is being implemented in 26 most malnourished districts of
Pakistan with a targeted coverage of 650,000 girls aged five to
12, with an equal proportion of school enrolled and out-of-school
girls.
■ It extends to approximately 250 primary schools for girls in each
district (6,500 schools in all) with participation of about 100 girls
in each school location.
■ The project will help improve their health by providing nutritional
food and micro-nutrients besides annual de-worming exercise with
them.
■ The data collected from it will also help to facilitate future
programming in the health sector in Pakistan.
Conti ..
■ SAP-PK has taken the responsibility to implement the
project in six districts of Punjab (Bhakkar, Layyah, Lodhran,
Pakpattan, Vehari and Rajanpur) along with seven other
NGOs performing the same functions in other districts
across the country.
Scheme of Implementation process
Key Impacts of Tawana program:
■ The Tawanna school feeding program, primarily operating in Pakistan, had a significant
positive impact on the nutritional status of school girls, particularly reducing rates of
wasting, underweight, and to a lesser extent, stunting; it also led to increased school
enrollment and improved women’s ability to plan balanced meals, demonstrating a
multi-faceted benefit beyond just nutrition provision.
■ Key impacts of the Tawanna program:
■ Improved nutrition: The program significantly decreased the prevalence of malnutrition
indicators like wasting (by 45%), underweight (by 22%), and stunting (by 6%) among
participating girls.
■ Increased school enrollment:Studies showed a substantial rise in school enrollment
rates (around 40%) among girls participating in the Tawanna program.
■ Empowerment of women: The program facilitated the empowerment of women in the
communities by enhancing their knowledge about balanced nutrition and meal
planning, with over 76% of meals provided meeting basic food group requirements.
Important point to consider:
■ Focus on girls:
■ The Tawanna project specifically targeted girls in primary schools,
aiming to address gender disparities in education and nutrition.
■ Community involvement:
■ The program actively engaged local communities, including women, to
ensure sustainability and ownership of the nutrition initiatives.
■ Holistic approach:
■ Beyond just providing meals, the Tawanna project integrated nutrition
education and empowerment strategies to address the root causes of
malnutrition
Outcomes of Tawana program:
■ The Tawana Pakistan Project (TPP) was a school nutrition
program in Pakistan that had several outcomes, including:
■ Improved nutritional status: The program reduced the proportion
of wasting by 45%, underweight by 22%, and stunting by 6%.
■ Increased enrollment: The program increased enrollment by 40%.
■ Improved women’s ability to plan meals: The program improved
women’s ability to plan balanced meals.
■ More than 76% of meals provided the basic three food groups:
More than 76% of meals provided the basic three food groups.
■ Reduced gender and social inequalities: The program aimed to
reduce gender and social inequalities.
Challenges of TPP:
■ Ownership for the project was at times problematic and created
difficulties in implementation.
■ Numerous problems including the uneven flow of funds to the
community can be traced to a lack of clarity in roles and
ownership in a new program.
■ Public private partnerships in the health sector on this scale in
Pakistan are new and many of the difficulties encountered
were due to lack to clear terms of reference and experience.
■ Issues associated with the government bureaucracy, especially
at the district level proved most challenging.
Conclusion:
■ Tawana Pakistan Project, a multifaceted pilot project (Sept. 2002 to
June 2005) was funded by the Government of Pakistan to address
poor nutritional status and school enrolment of primary school age
girls. The core strategy was to create safe environment empowering
village women to take collective decisions. Through reflective learning
process women learnt to plan balanced menus, purchase food,
prepare and serve a noon meal at school from locally available foods
at nominal costs (USD 0.12/child). Aga Khan University partnered the
government for the design, management, monitoring and evaluation
of the project, 11 NGO’s facilitated implementation in 4035 rural
government girls’ schools. Training was provided to 663 field workers,
4383 community organizers, 4336 school teachers and around 95
thousand rural women.
Conti..
■ Height and weight were recorded at baseline and every 6 months
thereafter. Wasting, underweight and stunting decreased by 45%,
22% and 6% respectively. Enrolment increased by 40%. Women’s’
ability to plan balanced meals improved and >76% of all meals
provided the basic three food groups by end of project.
■ Government bureaucracy issues, especially at the district level proved
to be the most challenging bottlenecks. Success can be attributed to
synergies gained by dealing with nutrition, education and
empowerment issues simultaneously.