Staff Reporter, Baihata chariali, September 13: With the Rastriya POSHAN Maah being observed nationwide in September, the Kamrup district administration has taken the initiative to scale up the “Matsya Paripusti” project initiative in the Bongaon block of the Kamrup district of Assam. The six-month scale-up programme, which has been jointly implemented by the Departments of Fisheries, District Social Welfare, District Elementary Education, District Health and Family Welfare Department and District Administration of Kamrup District with technical support from College of Fisheries Raha and WorldFish. This is a supplementary nutrition programme to be implemented through Anganadi Centers and LP schools of Bongaon block, which has been supported by the World Bank and was funded by the APART Project of the ARIAS Society, Government of Assam. The innovative initiative “Matsya Paripusti" primarily seeks to improve the nutritional profile through dietary diversity and micronutrient intakes of children aged 3 to 10 years and understand the level of acceptability and any nutritional improvement after completion of the feeding programme. More than 100 Anganwadi center and LP schools from the Bongaon development block have been selected for the purpose to reach out 4000 children in the age group of 3 to 6 and 6 to 10 years pre school and LP school children respectively. It may be mentioned that fish powder has been introduced as a diet of school children in this Block for the first time in India, as told by Dr. Sanjay Sarma, Fishery Coordinator (APART). The programme was launched by Sujata Gogoi, Additional District Commissioner in presence of Bikash Sarma, District Information & Public Relations officer, Apurba Thakuria, District Elementary Education Officer, Bhupen Bhattacharyya, District Social Welfare Officer, Dr Pratul Barman, District Fisheries Development Officer, , BDO Bongaon block, BEEO, CDPO, Senior Fisheries officers of Dept. of Fisheries, Faculties of College of Fisheries, WorldFish, Farmers Producers Company (FPC), NGOand ICDS and LP school staff participated in the programme. Before the launching, the training programmes were organized, where Anganwadi workers, Helpers, Mothers committee representatives, supervisors, CDPO, LP school headmasters, CRCC, Cook and School Management Committee Members trained on Standard operating procedure to include small fish powder in supplementary programme of both Anganwadi and LP schools of Boangaon block. Dr. Baishnaba Charan Ratha, Senior Specialist, Nutrition and Public Health, WorldFish facilitated the training process. ICDS Anganwadi workers, Helpers, Mothers Committee representatives, Supervisors, CDPO, LP school headmasters, CRCC, Cook, and members of the School Management Committee were trained on standard operating procedure to include small fish powder in the supplementary programme of both Anganwadi and LP schools of the Bongaon block prior to the launch. The training sessions including cooking demonstrations were facilitated by Dr. Baishnaba Charan Ratha, Senior Specialist, Nutrition and Public Health, WorldFish.
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