Foyers for Learning and Nutritional Rehabilitation

The Foyers d'Apprentissage et de Réhabilitation Nutritionnelle (FARN) contribute considerably to the fight against undernutrition through nutrition education. This innovative and community-centred approach deserves to be popularised. It complements conventional interventions in the fight against undernutrition and empowers the community, making it more responsible and preventing it from falling into subservience. Beyond the objectives of the FARNs, which are nutritional rehabilitation and relapse prevention, they allow the valorization of local products through nutritional education. It also allows to strengthen and enhance the leadership of community actors through community participation. The major role of women as "mother light" in the fight against undernutrition is thus highlighted in this document. All actors involved in community nutrition are urged to promote this approach in communities.