Expanding SPOON’s Reach Through Work with USAID20230118102314
Expanding SPOON’s Reach Through Work with USAID
January 18, 2023advancing, advancing nutrition, collaboration, disabilities, disability, feeding, feeding difficulties, inclusion, leadership, learning, malnutrition, nutrition, resource, resource bank, resources, Thought Leadership, usaid0 comments
Recently, SPOON had a chance to collaborate with USAID Advancing Nutrition in an effort to improve nutritional care for children with feeding difficul...
Laying A Foundation: Training that Includes Children with Disabilities20221019122600
Laying A Foundation: Training that Includes Children with Disabilities
October 19, 2022caregivers, child development, children, collaboration, course, disabilities, disability, distance learning, early child development, foundational, inclusion, inclusive, India, kenya, learning, malnutrition, nutrition, online, partner, partnership, south africa, support, training0 comments
In July, a cohort made up of 42 professionals was the first to complete our new Disability-Inclusive Child Development Course. This course was develop...
Local Impact: Updates on Our US Program20220824112513
Local Impact: Updates on Our US Program
August 24, 2022caregivers, children, collaboration, confidence, distance learning, empowerment, feeding, foster, foster care, learning, local, malnutrition, nutrition, online course, online learning, oregon, OSU, pacific northwest, partner, partnership, program, resources, support, training, trauma, trauma-informed, trauma-informed care, United States, washington0 comments
SPOON and Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service in Columbia County have collaborated to create the “Nourished and Thriving Children Course,”...
Confidence in Croatia20220815155614
Confidence in Croatia
August 15, 2022caregivers, children, coaching, confidence, Count Me In, croatia, disabilities, disability, facilitation, feeding, learning, malnutrition, mentorship, nutrition, positioning, support, training0 comments
With funding from the Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation, SPOON is excited to partner with Perkins International on our first-ever program in Croatia. Perk...
The Needs of 250 Million Children are Not ‘Niche’20220712164317
The Needs of 250 Million Children are Not ‘Niche’
July 12, 2022advocacy, alternative care, children, COVID, disabilities, disability, malnutrition, nutrition, policy, research, residential care0 comments
SPOON serves two groups of children who face some of the highest rates of malnutrition: children with disabilities and children without family care (i...
Detecting Disability Early in Lesotho20220615172623
Detecting Disability Early in Lesotho
SPOON's Nutrition Scientist, Zeina Makhoul, just returned from her first trip to mountainous Lesotho–the world’s largest enclave country–where we are ...
Safe Feeding In Zambia20220304135559
Safe Feeding In Zambia
March 4, 2022caregivers, children, disabilities, nutrition, program, programs, spoon blog, Zambia0 comments
In 2021, SPOON mentored Kate Fairchild as she completed a capstone project for her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Saint Catherine University. ...
Strength in Numbers: Why Data Matter to Nourish All Children20220121154728
Strength in Numbers: Why Data Matter to Nourish All Children
January 21, 2022advocacy, children, data, disabilities, disability, nutrition, policy, research, resources, Thought Leadership0 comments
More than 250 million children worldwide have disabilities or are living without family care. These groups of children are at very high risk of malnut...
Knowledge, Practice, and Policy: SPOON’s Work in Belarus20211119160418
Knowledge, Practice, and Policy: SPOON’s Work in Belarus
November 19, 2021Belarus, children, disabilities, feature, nutrition, program, progress, research, resources, response0 comments
This September, SPOON wrapped up our remote training on feeding and nutrition for children in Belarus.Training ReachA total of 96 participated in the ...
The Other Pandemic20210826115645
The Other Pandemic
August 26, 2021children, COVID, disabilities, feature, nutrition, program, progress, research, resources, response0 comments
A recent study published in The Lancet shed light on a tragic and irreversible impact of the global pandemic. The study estimates that, as of April 20...
