The project contributes to reducing malnutrition in children under three years of age and adolescent pregnancies in the district of Santillana. A series of educational activities are carried out and there is follow-up with the families to ensure that they improve their child feeding practices in clean, tidy rooms; and at the level of the education sector it encourages the schools to implement an education strategy for the prevention of pregnancy in adolescents and urges the community leaders to play a fundamental role in the planning processes, giving emphasis to child nutrition and healthy homes.

OBJECTIVE: Improved the nutricional status of children under 3 years old in the district of Santillana – Ayacucho.

Duration: January 2014 – December 2015

Source of funding: Brot für die velt (Bread for the World)