The MindUp approach has strengthened the community’s understanding and practices around nutrition and early childhood development by embedding learning into everyday moments and safe, judgment-free spaces. Mothers feel more comfortable opening up, free from fear of being judged, which improves their engagement and retention of key messages.

The Tawfekh Ker Ndiaboot centers, established in the peri-urban area of Dakar through our partnership with the Heights and Minds Foundation, represent an approach that is both innovative and well-adapted, in perfect alignment with the government’s nutrition policies. By ensuring continuous access to quality nutrition services and healthy, nutritious food for vulnerable populations...these initiatives make a significant contribution to achieving several strategic objectives outlined in the Multisectoral Strategic Nutrition Plan (PSMN). They also foster strong community mobilization by actively involving local partners, including local authorities and the communities themselves. This is why we commend our collaboration with the Heights and Minds Foundation, which has proven beneficial in every respect.

MindUp is a model of community-based approach implemented at Jaxaay by the Gouy Gui Association. The program provides high-quality support through activities focused on monitoring, nutritional education, and growth promotion. This type of structure deserves consistent support, not only from local and national authorities but also from international partners, in order to strengthen its action and ensure the sustainability of its impact.

We launched the MindUp program on March 1st, 2020, with the goal of preventing stunting in children. Since then, we have witnessed a truly positive impact on the Jaxaay community. Thanks to MindUp, cases of malnutrition have become rare, and we now see children growing up healthy. Mothers also benefit from valuable knowledge to better care for their children.

The Tawfekh Kër Njaboot approach...represents an innovative response in the field of nutrition development and responsive caregiving. The quadripartite partnership (CNDN/HMF/CT/OCB) fosters participation and engagement from all stakeholders in favor of nutrition and the well-being of the parent–child dyad. One of the key strengths of this collaboration has been the continuous coaching of MUMs on the data reporting system via the HMF-Digital Solution. This mechanism has greatly enhanced the MUMs’ capacity to collect, process, analyze, and report monitoring data, enabling them to be proactive in decision-making. Thanks to the digitized system set up with HMF’s support, we have observed greater efficiency in report submission and, above all, improved monitoring of indicators.