Nourishing Children in Our Own Backyard20250125045342
Nourishing Children in Our Own Backyard
January 25, 2025children, leadership, programs, progress, research, resources, response, Thought Leadership, United States0 comments
At SPOON, we believe that no child should be denied the right to obtain their highest level of health and wellness due to disability or family status....
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...
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,”...
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 ...
Promoting Nutrition and Disability Inclusion to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child20210915120007
Promoting Nutrition and Disability Inclusion to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
September 15, 2021children, leadership, programs, progress, research, resources, response, Thought Leadership, UNICEF0 comments
Promoting children's rights to nutrition and family careEvery child has the right to good health and to grow up in family care, and these rights are a...
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...
One Year Later: The Impact of COVID-19 on Child Nutrition20210421062520
One Year Later: The Impact of COVID-19 on Child Nutrition
April 21, 2021advocacy, Belarus, COVID, disabilities, Haiti, research, resources, training, UNICEF, Zambia0 comments
As we mark more than one year since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, SPOON is reflecting on the impact of the pandemic for children with disab...
Progress in Haiti20210325064208
Progress in Haiti
March 25, 2021Haiti, learning, nutrition, programs, progress, research, resources, response, Thought Leadership, training0 comments
Engaging LocallyIn partnership with International Social Service (ISS) and local NGO Rapha International, SPOON is working to ensure that children in ...
Zambia Health Impact Assessment – COVID Effect & Response20210125142526
Zambia Health Impact Assessment – COVID Effect & Response
January 25, 2021advocacy, COVID, leadership, programs, progress, research, resources, response, Zambia0 comments
Protecting The Most VulnerableSPOON has been working with all of our global partners to adapt pandemic protective measures to the care of the children...
