Touch of "Adaro Nyalakan Raga" to expedite stunting reduction

Tanjung, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - Agustina could not hide her happiness when she talked about getting nutritional intake for her child.

She was one of beneficieries of PT Adaro Indonesia's stunting reduction acceleration program through "Adaro Nyalakan Raga" (Adaro Ignites Wellbeing) of Adaro Foundation (Yayasan Adaro Bangun Negeri/YABN) in Batilap Village, Dusun Hilir Sub-district, South Barito District, Central Kalimantan.

Not only did she receive additional food, Agustina acknowledged that she had a better understanding of stunting prevention thank to YABN education.

She learned that children's food should not be a lot of rice, but should be balanced with vegetables, fruit, and side dishes.

"Thank you Adaro for providing aid and educating us about preventing stunting in children. I now understand how to prevent stunting," said Agustina who is also stunting cadre in her village.

Batilap Village midwife, Elfriska Sinabariba, also admitted that Adaro's stunting reduction acceleration team was very helpful for the beneficiaries.

"This is the second assistance in Batilap Village with a target of 31 toddlers and one pregnant woman with chronic energy deficiency (KEK)," she said.

Adaro's program targets eight villages in Dusun Hilir Sub-district with a total target of 173 toddlers and four KEK pregnant women.

CSR Department Head of PT Adaro Energy Indonesia Zuraida Murdia Hamdie said that acceleration in stunting reduction must be carried out with the right target and focused on the main issue that became obstacles for the community.

"Specific and sensitive intervention must go together," said Zuraida, who is also Chair of YABN.

The targeet focus of the YABN's Adaro Nyalakan Raga program is toddlers with risk of stunting and need immediate treatment and pregnant women with chronic energy deficiency condition.

If providing nutritious intake is very important to expedite children's growth and development, then aspects such as PHBS (clean and healthy living behavior) must become a habit so that risk factor of infection and disease can be avoided. To bring it into reality, a change in mindset and behavior is needed.

“We are very proud of health workers and cadres in the field who made this whole process possible,” she added.

With the complexity of stunting problems, collaboration with right parties is very important, npt only with the regional government, but also village government. Adaro applies pentahelix (multi-party concept) collaboration involving universities, community institutions, and the media.