This innovation plan aims to increase awareness and improve behaviors around nutrition in one chiefdom in Sierra Leone. It will promote eating locally grown foods to complement dietary guidelines. Key activities include community meetings, radio programs, drama performances, and training farmers and mothers as nutrition champions. The plan seeks to strengthen coordination between existing nutrition structures and assess status. Target groups are women and children. Governance will ensure stakeholder participation and transparent management. Results will be evaluated through case studies and disseminated nationally and regionally to advocate for scaling up nutrition. The SUN network can support implementation through advocacy, monitoring, and analyzing nutrition policies.

1. INNOVATION PLAN FORM
Guidelines for the design of the Innovation Plan
The design of the Innovation Plan intends to support participants in capitalising on the knowledge acquired
during the Learning Route in Rwanda, transforming this knowledge into practical actions to strengthen SUN
Civil Societies Alliances’ coordinated activities to address malnutrition.
The Innovation Plan has to be framed within the strategies and initiatives currently carried out by Civil
Society Organizations, part of the SUN Alliances, participating in the Learning Route. The Plan aims to
enhance the results of on-going activities, adding value to existing initiative and furthering efforts made by
Civil Society to improve nutrition in their own countries.
The Innovation Plan will have to address, through an integrated approach, at least two out of five of the
thematic areas of the Learning Route:
I. Advocacy
II. Policy review and policy tracking
III. Campaign and social mobilisation
IV. Multi-stakeholder coordination
V. Communication for behavioural change
VI. Integrated approaches to fight malnutrition
VII. Governance
The Innovation Plan must be the result of your coordinated work as Country Team and representatives of
the SUN Civil Society Alliance (CSA) of your country. Take this opportunity to work together, consolidate
existing partnerships and open-up opportunities for new collaborations!
Very important! The timeframe of your Innovation Plan should not exceed 6 months.

2. Key criteria for the self-assessment of the Innovation Plan
Here you can find some smart criteria to assess the quality of your Innovation Plan. We suggest you to
check them carefully and try to score your Plan before delivering it.
CRITERIA GUIDING QUESTIONS
1. INNOVATION (a) Is the proposal referring to experiences that can be considered innovative in your
country, in relation to the strategies, approaches or methodologies employed?
(b) Does the Plan have the potential to contribute substantially to address nutrition-
related issues at country level?
(c) Does this Plan have potential to be scaled-up?
(d) Is it feasible to implement the Plan with the stakeholders’ available human and
financial resources and in the proposed timeframe?
2. SUSTAINABILITY
AND GOVERNANCE
(e) Sustainability: Can the changes of the Plan be sustained beyond the timeframe of 6
months?
(f) SUN Civil Society Alliance: is the Plan contributing to the long-term goals of the SUN
CSA and its sustainability?
(g) Governance: Does the Plan apply inclusive, participatory and transparent
approach/management?
(h) Collaboration and mutual support: does the plan contribute to the enhancement of
collaboration, learning and mutual support among CSAs of the region?
3. CLEARNESS AND
GENERAL QUALITY
(i) Is the Plan presenting, with a clear and direct language, the opportunities and
challenges that are going to be addressed?
(j) Are the stakeholders clearly described?
(k) Are the objectives clearly defined?
(l) Are the activities result-oriented?
INNOVATION PLAN - SOME KEY CONCEPTS
Change What is the change you would you like to achieve with this Innovation Plan?
Relevance/
Justification
Why is this relevant for the CSA in your country? Who will benefit from the Plan?
Enabling Factors What kind of favourable conditions, existing today in your country, can enable the
achievement of this Plan?
Main Objectives What are the short-term objectives that lead you to the expected change?
Strategic Actions What strategic actions or innovative practices would be implemented in order to reach these
objectives?
Stakeholders Which organizations and institutions from the Civil Society, public and/or private sector,
donor and/or and international cooperation agencies should be involved in the
implementation of the Plan? What would be their role?
Follow-up and
dissemination
How are you going to evaluate the results of the Innovation Plan and how are you going to
disseminate these results at the national (CSA) and or/ regional level?

3. LEARNING ROUTE
Leveraging the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network: building regional platforms to promote
learning on how to address malnutrition
The Learning Route in Rwanda
INNOVATION PLAN FORM
I. OVERVIEW
Country/ Team: Sierra Leone Scaling Up Nutritrion and Immunization –Civil Society Platform (SUNI-
CSP)
CSA representatives:
Name Organization
1.Victor Lansana Koroma Health Alert-Sierra Leone
2. Victoria Squire Concern World Wide
3. Sanussie Fofanah Pikin-To-Pikin Movement
Innovation Plan´s Title: EAT WHAT YOU GROW NAR SALONE
Thematic
areas
addressed
by the
Innovation
Plan
Mark Thematic Area
Advocacy
Social campaign and mobilisation
Multi-stakeholder coordination
Communication for behavioural change
Integrated approaches to fight malnutrition
Governance
1.1 CHANGE
What is this Innovation Plan Innovation Plan for? What is the change you would you like to achieve
with this Innovation Plan? (50 words max.)
• Increase awareness among local producers and families in one chiefdom to eat what they
grow to improve their nutritional status (promoting food diversity to compliment SL Food
Based Dietary Guidelines)
• Improved behavioural change in traditional and cultural practices relating to nutritional
intake.

4. 1.2 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
What are the main challenges the Innovation Plan is addressing? How does the Plan link to the on-
going initiatives carried out by the SUN CSA in your country to address malnutrition? (75 words max.)
This innovative Plan will address the notion presented by some stakeholders that farming is
exclusively done for business purposes instead of the emphasy to priorities eating their local foods to
improve their nutritional status. Also there are a lot of myths associated with women and children
nutritional status
The opportunities available for this are the existence of SUNI platform at the district level, the link
between SUNI & local Government and other partners within the district, and the available natural
Resources.
1.3 RELEVANCE AND JUSTIFICATION
Why is this Plan relevant for the CSA in your country? Who will benefit from the Plan? (75 words max.)
Evidence has shown that farmers from Koinadugu districts have over the years engage in production of
vegetables and animal rearing in the district, and despite all of this, the district still record one of the
highest malnutrition especially stunting rates in the Country.
Therefore Eat what you grow campaign can change the behaviour of these farmers to the culture of
valuing the consumption of their local products which greatly contribute to improving their nutritional
status.
II. DESCRIPTION
2.1 OBJECTIVES
What are the Plan´s main objectives? (No words limit)
Objectives
• 1. Increase awareness among local producers and families in the selected chiefdom on the
benefits of consuming nutritious locally available foods to improve their nutritional status.

5. • 2. Strengthen Coordination among the existing structures and assessment of nutritional status
within the district
3. Improving behavioral change of farmers and cattle rearers in this chiefdom.
2.2 TARGET GROUPS
Who are the main target groups (direct beneficiaries) and what would be the significant change for
them? Define the main outputs and outcomes (in quantity and quality) of the Innovation Plan. (75
words max.)
Direct beneficiaries: Women, (pregnant women, teenage girls, lactating mothers) infant and young
children.
Vulnerable people within the communities.
Over 200 women farmers and 50 cattle reare will be engaged in one of the chiefdoms of this district
where the significant change would be that these farmers would inculcate the habit of prioritizing the
eating of their local food than selling all for money making, thus contribute to a healthy family.
2.3 GOVERNANCE
How will the Plan ensure that all stakeholders will take active part in the decision-making process?
What mechanisms will be put in place to guarantee transparent and accountable management of
the Plan’s resources? (75 words max.)
SUNI-CSP in Sierra Leone has a steering committee headed by a chairman and Co-chair with
representatives from the regions and districts that take decisions.
At District level there are DCBs that comprise of various community based organizations that make up
the district network who implement activities relating to SUN
2.4 KEY ACTIONS / INITIATIVES
What are the actions or initiatives each stakeholder will have to take in order to achieve the Plan´s
objectives? Link each action to the respective stakeholder/s and the approximate length of time for
implementing the proposed initiatives. (No words limit)

6. Description of activities per objective Stakeholders´ role Length of time
(when will you
start and how
long will it last?)
1. Objective.1 : Increase awareness among local
producers and families in the selected chiefdom on the
benefits of consuming nutritious locally available foods
to improve their nutritional status.
Act. 1.1.Hold 2 community meetings with master
farmers, local nutrition champions, partners etc
Act. 1.2. Organize 5 Radio & 2 TV programs
Act. 1.3 Organize community drama performance
which send messages of the importance of eating
locally produced foods
Act 1.4 Develop and Air jingles on the relevance of
eating what you grow in your communities.
Master farmers, Local
council, nutrition
champions, Media,
Religious Groups, SUNI
DCB Networks will be
involved.
Ministry and Local
councils will ensure
policies on nutrition are
made available.
SUNI members are able
to disseminate and
promoted this policies
The whole project
will be
implemented for
six months
effective January
2017 and end in
June 2017
2. Objective : Strengthen Coordination and assessment
of the existing structures and nutritional status within
the district
Act. 2.1. Conduct Mini KAP Survey on nutrition in the
selected chiefdom.
Act. 2.2. Collect case studies before and after the
project period
Act 2.3.Conduct monthly coordination meeting with
SUNI members, partners at both national and district
level and Nutrition champions
SUNI steering committee
lead in the coordination
meeting
3. Objective 3: Improving behavioral change of farmers
in this chiefdom.
Act. 3.1. Training of master farmers, community based
networks (religious leaders, market women, traditional
healers) and mother support groups to be nutrition
champions.
Act. 3.2.Joint monitoring visit by MAFFS, Local councils
and SUNI Network and DCB members
Ministry of Agriculture
Forestry and Food
Security (MAFFS) will
provide technical training
of the farmers.
Nutrition Directorate will
lead in the cooking

7. ACT 3.3 Cooking demonstration
demonstration.
2.5 FOLLOW-UP AND DISSEMINATION
How are you going to evaluate and capitalize the results of the Innovation Plan?
 Please consider (if appropriate) to apply qualitative evaluation techniques (e.g. Most
Significant Change, Outcome mapping…)
 How are you going to disseminate these results at the national (CSA) and or/ regional level?
• Case studies collected before and after the project period shall be disseminated with SUN
members and key policy makers and partners at national and regional levels
• Share successes with stakeholders of MAFFS, local council and other partners to advocate for
scaling up nutrition in other chiefdoms and districts.
2.6 SUN MOVEMENT
How could the SUN Civil Society Network support the implementation of the Innovation Plan? What
capacities need to be built or strengthened? What resources are available and which ones need to be
mobilised to successfully implement the Plan? (50 words max.)
SUN Civil Society Networks have dedicated members that are willing to support the implementation of
this plan, giving their time and efforts.
These networks have skills and experiences to conduct advocacy and monitoring activities. SUN
movement will support in analyzing key nutrition policy for members to disseminate and promote
these messages to the farmers and nutrition champions.
3.6 BUDGET
Please provide us an estimation of costs broken down per category and indicate if you foresee to
complement the grant with in house funding (if so, how much)
Activity LR grant budget SUN Alliance complementary

8. budget
Act 1.1. Hold 2 community
meetings with master farmers,
local nutrition champions,
partners etc
150 USD 20 USD
Act. 1.2. Organize 5 Radio & 2 TV
programs
400 USD -
Act. 1.3 Organize community
drama performance which send
messages of the importance of
eating locally produced foods
100 USD 20 USD
Act 1.4 Develop and Air jingles on
the relevance of eating what you
grow in your communities.
150 USD 20 USD
Conduct Mini KAP Survey on
nutrition in the selected
chiefdom.
500 USD 20 USD
Act. 2.2. Collect case studies
before and after the project
period
500 USD 20 USD
Act 2.3.Conduct Bi- monthly
coordination meeting with SUNI
members, partners at both
national and district level and
Nutrition champions
1,000 USD 20 USD
Conduct two trainings of master
farmers, cattle rearers, and
community based networks
(religious leaders, market
women, traditional healers) and
mother support groups to be
nutrition champions.
1,000 USD -

9. Act. 3.2. Conduct two Joint
monitoring visits by MAFFS, Local
councils and SUNI Network and
DCB members
1,000 USD 10 USD
ACT 3.3 Cooking demonstration 200 USD 20 USD
Sub-Total Budget 5,000 USD( LR Contribution) 150 USD ( SUN Complimentary)
Grand Totals 5,150 Exchange Rate=7,500/ 1 USD
THANK YOU!