Linking Supply & Demand:
The LIFT Approach
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming
to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food Insecurity
March 6, 2013
Washington,
DC
Harnessing
the Power of
Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
LIFT OBJECTIVES
1. Provide technical assistance and
strategic support to USG agencies
and their implementing partners
2. Build an evidence base
demonstrating health and nutrition
outcomes of linking economic
strengthening, livelihoods and food
security (ES/L/FS) interventions
and NACS
3. Improve access of NACS clients to
ES/L/FS services through referrals
by facilitating clinical to community
linkages
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
Nutrition Assessment Counseling and Support (NACS)
GOAL: Improved health and quality of life
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Nutrition care
& support
OBJECTIVES:
Improve nutritional status
Improve infant survival
Reduce food insecurity
Strengthen health systems
HIV-free
survival
Economic
strengthening,
livelihoods &
food security
Health system
strengthening
NACS: A platform for integrating nutrition into the
continuum of care
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
HIGH
HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY
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Asset, income
and consumption
growth
Protection
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Asset protection
Income and
consumption
stabilization
Provision
Asset recovery
Consumption support
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HIGH
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HOUSEHOLD LIVELIHOOD & FOOD SECURITY
LOW
Promotion
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
Target: Destitute Distressed HH
Objective: Recover Assets and
Stabilize HH consumption
Food Transfers
Provision
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Asset recovery
Consumption support
Cash Transfers
Asset Transfers
Labor Schemes
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
PROVISION:
PRACTICAL
EXAMPLES
• Cash Transfers in Rural Malawi:
The Zomba study randomly enrolled
3,796 adolescent girls and young
women between the ages of 13 and
22. The study, found that cash
transferred to girls and their families,
on condition that the girls stayed in
school, successfully reduced HIV
infection rates.
© World Bank
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
Target: Vulnerable HH trying to make ends meet
Objective: Build lasting self-insurance methods
and protect key assets; smooth HH consumption
and cash flow
Financial safety nets
(savings, microinsurance)
PROTECTION
• Asset protection
• Income and
consumption
• stabilization
Social safety nets
(social capital, supporting institutions)
Financial literacy
Extending legal services
(protecting assets and inheritances)
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
PROTECTION:
PRACTICAL
EXAMPLES
Savings Groups in Burundi:
Providing social messaging through
savings groups was found to improve
financial decision making authority for
women, reduce exposure to violence,
reduce acceptance of violence, and
increase consumption of household
goods relative to luxury goods.
© SAWSO
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
Target: HH that are ready to grow & want
to assume risk
Objective: Smooth HH income and
promote asset growth; Expand HH income
and consumption.
Promotion
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Asset, income
and consumption
growth
Linkages to formal credit
and savings
Enterprise development /
value chain development
Workforce development
(vocational and skills
training)
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
PROMOTION:
PRACTICAL
EXAMPLES
Malawi Value Chain for Milk Development
Alliance:
Supported 2,600 farmers from 23 sustainable
milk bulking centers to purchase milk and
access technical services and inputs. Families
improved family nutrition via more dairy
consumption. On average, they increased
income by $1,500 a year.
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
WHY FOCUS ON LIVELIHOODS
STRENGTHENING AND FOOD SECURITY?
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LIFT addresses gender inequalities by empowering men and women to make better
decisions about how to increase income, improve use of household resources, and allocate
food more equitably and according to nutrition needs
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LIFT also focuses activities to improve the situation of women and children when
inequalities persist
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HIV/AIDS leaves many families vulnerable. LIFT can help to mitigate the effects of the
epidemic by:
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Ensuring access to microfinance and micro-credit
Providing vocational and skills training
Diversifying income generating activities
Protecting inheritance rights
Empowered women are less vulnerable to the socioeconomic impact of HIV because they
are able to:
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Maintain stable income and assets
Avoid high-risk behaviors
Ensure optimum health and nutrition for themselves and their children
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
LIFT MODEL FOR LINKING
NACS with ES
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
QUESTIONS? CONTACT US!
Jacqueline Bass
Technical Director
Email: jbass@fhi360.org
Tel: 202-884-8513
www.theliftproject.org
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity