Incubation Hubs
What is a Incubation Hub?
Incubation Hubs are a learning and knowledge hub for other communities, relevant government departments, NGOs and development institutions.
Two villages in India have been identified as learning or incubation hubs or model villages, which shall assist scale-up of the Nutrition Smart CommUNITY approach. These two learning hubs are in Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh.
These states have high incidences of undernutrition, especially Wasting and Stunting. The two villages have been supported with a larger focus beyond the four underlying causes of malnutrition at the family level viz access to food, WASH, behaviour change related to care and feeding practices, and access to health services. As sustainable change requires an enabling environment so basic village infrastructure including housing, health services, education, roads, lighting, water supply, irrigation, markets, waste management and livelihoods opportunities have also been addressed.
How do you know it's an Incubation Hub?
Our Aspiration
A Village That Aspires For Change!
These incubation hubs will not only demonstrate a village transformation through active engagement of the community in village development but also host trainings, exposure visits and handholding support to other villages to transform into a Nutrition Smart CommUNITY. A village where its residents sensitize and build capacities on improving the quality of health and wellbeing by optimally utilising existing resources, access government schemes and improve communication skills.
