WI-HER partners with CORE Group on USAID-funded TOPS Micro Grant

Press Release on January 30, 2015

WI-HER LLC is proud to announce that it is has partnered with the CORE Group who won a USAID Technical and Operational Performance Support (TOPS) Program Micro Grant managed by Save the Children. WI-HER will be developing a technical guide and related materials to build the capacity of development practitioners working in food security to design, implement, and evaluate gender-sensitive social and behavior change (SBC) programming in order to improve nutritional outcomes for mothers and children under two. The technical brief will fill a recognized gap in the link between SBC and gender within the context of nutrition and food security, with a focus on the 1000 Days approach. WI-HER will be leading the development of these materials, building on our experience in gender integration and capacity building, with a strong background in SBC and nutrition. The Micro Grants Program is designed to build and sustain high quality technical skills and capacity of Food for Peace grantees, implementers, partners and collaborators, particularly in the context of a frequently changing or challenging local operating environment. For more information about the TOPS Program, please see http://www.thetopsprogram.org/about-tops. WI-HER looks forward to supporting the CORE Group on this important mechanism and to building the capacity of food security and health practitioners in Title II-funded countries.