THE CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING, NUTRITION AND HEALTH CARE (COUNSENUTH) REPORT BY THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 (CONTINUED)
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
The Directors present their report together with the audited Financial Statements for the year ended December 2022, which disclose the state of affairs of the Centre as at that date.
ESTABLISHMENT
The Centre for Counselling, Nutrition and Health Care (COUNSENUTH) is a women-led, non-governmental, non-profit organization in Tanzania established in 1998 (Under registration number SO.NO.9495) with certificate of compliance number 00001424 issued by the NGO registrar on 2011 and is located at Plot no. 8, Sam Nujoma Road, Mikocheni B, Dar es Salaam Tanzania.
2.1 VISION STATEMENT
A leading Non-Governmental, Not for Profit Organization (NGO) that is committed to achieving optimal nutrition and a healthy quality life for children, women and the most vulnerable in Tanzania.
2.2 MISSION STATEMENT
COUNSENUTH works to improve the quality of life of vulnerable groups through cost effective and innovative nutrition actions that are evidence-based and locally appropriate; advocacy for better governance and accountability; and active involvement of citizens in their health and nutrition improvement.
MANDATES OF COUNSENUTH
The mandates of CONSENUTH include but are not limited to:
- Monitoring nutrition sector governance and influencing policies and decisions to improve nutritionalwell-being of Tanzanians;
- Promoting optimal child and maternal nutrition and nutrition of other vulnerable groups;
- Improving knowledge and skills of civil society groups and community-based service providers onpreventive health, nutrition and counselling skills;
- Contributing to knowledge and evidence base by working with community groups to implementcommunity-based health and nutrition programs for vulnerable groups;
- Promoting awareness to food consumers on food quality, safety standards, hygiene and sanitation,nutrient value and healthy lifestyles through public education and information;
- Creating awareness on human rights, gender issues, and gender sensitive nutrition planning;
- Organizational and institutional development for COUNSENUTH and other CSOs; and
- Advocacy and lobby to achieve sound policies, guidelines for nutrition, and better lives for women andthe poor.
To achieve its mandate, COUNSENUTH employs a number of strategies including the following:
- Capacity building on nutrition including that of a critical mass of implementers at all levels;
- Nutrition Advisory and Technical Assistance services to government and implementing partners;
- Designing, development and dissemination of user friendly and up to date education and advocacymaterials and tools;
- Advocacy and lobby to place nutrition high on national development agenda;
- Working with CBOs/FBOs to implement community-based health and nutrition related programs andcounselling services to improve nutrition for women, children and other vulnerable groups;
- Networking within the country and abroad for cross-fertilization of ideas to increase effectiveness ofthe organization and its work.
COUNSENUTH’s Target Groups are Women, Children, Youth, Adolescents and Families; Most Vulnerable Children and Orphans; Social/Health service providers and other extension workers.
- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES OF COUNSENUTH
COUNSENUTH has 11 strategic objectives as follows: –
SO1. Enhanced capacity of key players/implementers and community to plan, implement, coordinate and sustain interventions that aim at improving maternal, infant, young child and adolescent health and nutrition
