Theme 3: Health and Well-being

The objective of this intervention is to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of adolescents and young people, enhance mental health and psychosocial support for children, youth, and adults, and reduce malnutrition among under-5 children, adolescent girls, and women in SUS intervention areas. This will be achieved through awareness-raising, capacity development, service delivery, community mobilisation, evidence-based policy advocacy, and strengthened linkages with government and non-governmental stakeholders.

Sub-priorities:

• SRHR of adolescents and young people
• Mental health and psychosocial support
• Nutrition of under-5 children, adolescent girls and women

 Outcome indicators:

• % of adolescent and young people are aware and access their SRHR and services
• % of children, young and adults from SUS intervention areas improved well-being by reducing impact of mental and PSS health
• % of malnutrition of children and mother in SUS intervention reduced

 Major Interventions:

• SRHR of adolescents and young people
• Awareness and campaigning
• • • Awareness raising programme (Maternal-Child-Health)
    • School Programme for SRHR
    • Empowerment education classes on SRHR
    • Campaign against early child-marriage and Kuritis through adolescent groups/SHGs
    • Digital Literacy-platform on SRHR awareness
• Youth and child club mobilization-youth including drama, use of social media
• Capacity Development of CSOs, govt and private sector actors on
• Linkages to govt and non-govt services for example health Camp- Prolapse, safe abortion and family planning services
• Evidence-based Policy Advocacy: research, documentation, knowledge management and networking and advocacy
• Media mobilization

 Mental health and psychosocial support

• Awareness: Story Telling of survivors
• Capacity Development: Training on life skills (ToT-Community Leaders and Youths)
• Service Delivery: PSS counselling services, Spiritual Camp-Psychosocial Counseling Centers and Digital platform for youths for Mental Health
• Evidence-based Policy Advocacy, and linkage: Policy advocacy at all level and linkages of support services to govt, CSOs and private sector
• Research on Mental Health (Caste & Gender Discrimination-Dalit)

 Nutrition of under-5 children, adolescent girls and women

• Critical Awareness: Community Kitchen Teaching, Local nutritional food catalog (Musahar and Chepang), Food festival in partnership public and private sectors and Capacity Development of govt and non govt stakeholders.
• Service Delivery: Kitchen Gardening support
• Evidence-based Policy Advocacy and Linkage
• Linkages of social security/government services
• Research and documentation
• Research on nutritional status, food security
• Best practice documentation