Scaling Up Nutrition and Immunization Civil Society Platform, Sierra Leone
About
In April 2013 civil society organizations joined the Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) Movement to curb malnutrition in Sierra Leone by forming the Civil Society Platform in partnership with UNICEF and Helen Keller International. FOCUS 1000 was selected to lead the coordination of this platform. The aim of the SUNI Civil Society Platform (SUNI CSP) is to pull together efforts of various civil society organisations to advocate for continued political commitment and investment in nutrition in Sierra Leone.
Country: Sierra Leone
Region: West and Central Africa
Languages: English
Number of members: 219
Areas of expertise
- Advocacy
- Maternal and Child Health
- Capacity Building of CSOs and Community Structures
- Community engagement
- Immunization
How to join this alliance
To join this alliance, please complete the membership application form below and email it to:
The alliance will be in touch and may ask you to provide further information.
If you do not receive a response within a month, please forward the filled-in form and your original email to sun.csnetwork@savethechildren.org.uk.
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