Program areas at Spoon Foundation
We engaged in the following international program activites in support of our mission to nourish children who are highly vulnerable to malnutrition by empowering their caregivers: completed program activities for our program in belarus with partner unicef belarus; in croatia with partner perkins international; in democratic republic of congo with partner global orphan Foundation; in haiti with partners international social service and the embassy of france; in lesotho with partners unicef, johns hopkins university, and lesotho national federation of organizations of the disabled; in tanzania with partner the small things; in uganda with partner association of religious in uganda; in vietnam with partners international social service and the ministry of labor invalids and social affairs; in zambia in partnership with catholic medical mission board; and, in zimbabwe with sally mugabe children's hospital.
Spoon's utilizes a suite of tools, including our app "count me in," our distance learning courses, and our feeding and nutrition curriculum to improve the nutrition, feeding, and health of vulnerable children. Our tools uniquely address multiple nutrition-related risk factors as well as improper feeding techniques for all children, including children with disabilities and children outside of family care. In 2022, Spoon deployed our tools in residential care facilities and community sites in zambia, uganda, belarus, tanzania, haiti, lesotho, zimbabwe, and croatia.
Oregon foster care: Spoon launched the nourishing Oregon's foster children project in january 2015 in collaboration with department of human services and university of Oregon to offer a tailored nutrition and feeding training program for the foster care community (foster parents, child welfare professionals, and training service providers). Completed 2022 project objectives included 1) launched an online training in partnership with Oregon state university 2) engaged with new partners to enable expanded reach 3) continued to plan for sustainability and scale.
We engaged in the following activities in support of our strategic plan: advocacy, communications, and program development. Our advocacy and communications objectives and activities ranged from global to country level initiatives, with the goal to ensure that vulnerable children are included in policies and programs in order to reduce their malnutrition. Program development activities included partner outreach and planning to support program sustainability and scale.