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Care Group Presentation

This presentation describes Care Groups: How they are formed, how they are used to cut child deaths and the results we have seen in using them. The URL is: This presentation describes Care Groups.
Care Groups: A Reference Guide for Practicioners

This manual was developed as a training resource for designing, training, implementing and monitoring Care Group (CG) programs. It seeks to help CG approach implementers to clearly understand the structure of the CG approach, how to establish CGs, how to monitor the work of CGs and assess their impact, and how to maintain the quality of the approach through supportive supervision and quality control.
Care Groups: A Training Manual for Program Design and Implementation

This manual was developed as a training resource for designing, training, implementing and monitoring Care Group (CG) programs. It seeks to help CG approach implementers to clearly understand the structure of the CG approach, how to establish CGs, how to monitor the work of CGs and assess their impact, and how to maintain the quality of the approach through supportive supervision and quality control.
Care Group Planning Tool

This tool, developed by Carolyn Wetzel, Former Director of Health Programs at Food for the Hungry, allows you to enter demographic data and have an estimation of the number of Care Groups, Promoters, and Care Group volunteers needed, as well as estimates of the beneficiary population that you will serve.
Food for the Hungry / Mozambique Care Group Operations Research Report

Food for the Hungry / Mozambique Care Group Operations Research Report: This Care Group Operational Research report details the results of a qualitative and quantitative study to identify the key components in the effective use of the Care Group model in Mozambique by Food for the Hungry.
Care Groups in Emergency and Post-Emergency Settings

Details on Food for the Hungry’s social and behavioral change efforts in Haiti in March – December 2010 following the massive earthquake there in January 2010.
Uganda FH Care Group Curricula | Family Planning

The following care group modules were developed by Food for the Hungry for Uganda care groups of 10-12 women. Each module contains a A3 flip chart with a corresponding A4 lesson plan. The materials are used to teach mothers in small groups once every two weeks for up to two years. Games, activities and discussions noted in the flip chart are described in detail in the corresponding lesson plan.
Ethiopia FH Care Group Curricula | Care Group Orientation and Essential Nutrition Action (ENAs) | Complementary Foods and Micro-nutrients | Essential Care for Mothers and Newborns: Pregnancy and Postpartum | Essential Hygiene Actions (EHAs): Personal, Environmental Hygiene & Management of Diarrhea

The following care group modules were developed by Food for the Hungry for Ethiopia care groups of 10-12 women. The materials are designed to teach household- level behaviors to prevent maternal and child malnutrition and death. The materials are used to teach mothers in small groups once every two weeks for up to two years. Games, activities and discussions noted in the flip chart are described in detail in the corresponding lesson plan. Note: All flip charts contain culturally appropriate illustrations for the specific country. There are some variations in images from the English to Amharic documents as the illustrator updated images once the translation was completed.
Mozambique FH Care Group Curricula | Care Group Orientation and Essential Nutrition Action (ENAs) | ENAs: Complementary Foods and Micro-nutrients | Essential Hygiene Actions | Malaria and Parasites | Acute Respiratory Infections | HIV/AIDS and Preventing Mother-to Child-Transmission | Family Planning (4 lessons) | Essential Care for Mothers and Newborns: Pregnancy and Postpartum | Money Management

The following care group modules were developed by Food for the Hungry for Mozambique care groups of 10-12 women. The materials are designed to teach household- level behaviors to prevent maternal and child malnutrition and death. Each module contains a A3 flip chart with a corresponding A4 lesson plan. The materials are used to teach mothers in small groups once every two weeks for up to two years. Games, activities and discussions noted in the flip chart are described in detail in the corresponding lesson plan. Note: All flip charts contain culturally appropriate illustrations for Mozambique.
South Sudan FH Care Group Curricula | CG Introduction and Ration | Infant Feeding and Care | Child Feeding and Care | Essential Hygiene Actions and Malaria Prevention

The following care group modules were developed by Food for the Hungry for South Sudan care groups of 10-12 women. The materials are designed to teach household- level behaviors to prevent maternal and child malnutrition and death. Each module contains a A3 flip chart with a corresponding A4 lesson plan. The materials are used to teach mothers in small groups once every two weeks for up to two years. Games, activities and discussions noted in the flip chart are described in detail in the corresponding lesson plan.