Nutrition Impact and Positive Practice (NIPP) Evaluation Report in Sudan - 2019

GOAL Sudan has been operating in Kutum locality, North Darfur state to deliver assistance to in-need communities. Nutrition and health programmes have been carried out since 2004 with a focus to tackling a prevalence of acute and severe malnutrition in the region. Some 2.4 million children suffer from malnutrition in Sudan, with close to 700,000 of those experiencing the most severe form.

GOAL developed the Nutrition Impact and Positive Practise (NIPP) approach in 2012 and has been implementing this programme in Sudan since 2013. The approach has reached over 7,200 direct beneficiaries and an estimated 30,205 immediate indirect beneficiaries in Sudan. The NIPP approach is a behavioural change programme that engages both male and female caregivers on a wide range of knowledge and behaviours that are identified as contributing to malnutrition in order to instil positive practises in beneficiary’s management of their health and hygiene.

The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the impact of the NIPP approach on beneficiaries in North Darfur. The Evaluation will address the following two objectives:

OBJECTIVE 1: Evaluation of the NIPP approach’s contribution to moderate acute malnutrition treatment and prevention.

1.1  To assess the NIPP programmes effect in treating moderate acute malnutrition (MAM)2.

1.2  To assess the NIPP programmes effect in preventing moderate acute malnutrition3.

1.3  To generate learnings on good practices around NIPP approach implementation, including the motivators and challenges affecting the adoption of positive behaviours and practices among NIPP participants.

OBJECTIVE 2: To conduct a cost efficiency analysis of the NIPP approach.