May 2015 — Menstrual hygiene management is an important component of a water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) program for schools. The Schools Promoting Learning Achievement through Sanitation and Hygiene (SPLASH) project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, and Zambia’s Education Ministry are offering support to teachers to establish menstrual hygiene management programs and facilities to…
July 2014 — Access to adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) at school has been shown to improve health of pupils and increase school attendance. Interventions that target the school can also serve as an entry point to improve WASH access at home. In this study, conducted through the school-based WASH program, SPLASH, and funded by the…
May 2016 — In the global development context, adjacencies are represented by the sectors that lie outside of a particular program’s current scope yet are related enough that they pose opportunities for strategic integration. Integrated development, therefore, seeks to deliberately leverage key sector adjacencies by creating more multi-faceted, holistic approaches that ultimately produce amplified impact. FHI 360’s…
May 2016 — FHI 360 has delivered or is currently implementing more than 70 integrated development programs. Yet, rarely are distinct programs — even from the same sectors — offered the opportunity to aggregate their collective learning. To leverage the valuable knowledge being gained about integrated approaches from across this diverse organizational portfolio, FHI 360 systematically collected…
This series of nine technical notes from the USAID/Uganda Community Connector (CC) Project reviews the multisectoral components and how the project is supporting each one. The CC project is a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Feed the Future flagship program, which provides a comprehensive and multisectoral approach to improving household food security, income and…
May 2015 — The Livelihoods and Food Security Technical Assistance (LIFT) project provides technical assistance and strategic support to U.S. and foreign government agencies, their implementing partners and other public, private and civil society partners to improve the food and livelihood security of vulnerable households, with a particular focus on people living with HIV, orphans and vulnerable…
March 2013 — The STRIVE Philippines project, which had the goal of improving the well-being of vulnerable children and youth through economic strengthening of households and individuals, created a time use participatory rapid appraisal (PRA) tool for participants ages 8–18 to gather information for project evaluation. The tool was piloted in January 2010 with follow-up in January…