Grants Specialist/Assistant Ops Manager -Call for Resumes
Call for Resumes
For over 60 years, the National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA) has contributed to high-impact international development projects in more than 85 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Grounded in the seven cooperative principles, NCBA CLUSA’s international development work seeks to alleviate poverty through social and economic empowerment. NCBA CLUSA’s work focuses on building resilient communities, creating economic opportunities, and strengthening cooperatives and producer organizations. Our community-led development approach empowers communities to identify, promote, and manage sustainable, locally generated solution
BACKGROUND
The Advancing Food Systems and Nutrition (Local Translation: Avansa Sistema Aihan no Nutrisaun – or Avansa SAN) project is a five-year cooperative agreement funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and managed by NCBA CLUSA in partnership with Cooperativa Café Timor (CCT) and Hamutuk Ita Ajuda Malu (HIAM) Health. Through Avansa SAN, NCBA CLUSA and its partners will strengthen the country’s food systems by increasing the availability, access, affordability, desirability, and consumption of healthy diets that are safe, diverse, and made up of nutritious foods, particularly for women and children. To achieve this goal, the Avansa SAN project will focus on five inter-related activities that form the core of the project. These five activities will provide the channel to deliver long-term, systemic changes in Timor -Leste’s food system so that its’ food supply and demand are efficiently matched resulting in improved nutritional status. The following five inter-related activities will be successfully implemented across four target municipalities (Emera, Aileu, Ainaro, and Dili) to deliver the above results:
- Climate Smart Nutritious Agricultural Production and Productivity Enhancement
- Food Environment Strengthening
- Water Resources and Management Improvement
- Household Diets Diversification Improvement
- Women and Children’s Diet Improvement esp. during First 1000 days
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