Buniyaad - Age appropriate complementary feeding

From 2012-2015, the Aga Khan Foundation in India and its partners have worked with 400,000 mothers from marginalised communities in rural Bihar, significantly improving infant and young child feeding practices. The DFID-funded programme, Buniyaad – which means “Foundation” in Hindi – has promoted Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices for children under two years of age across three districts: Samastipur, Muzaffarpur and Sitamarhi. The programme’s significant impact has been critical in a region where poor breastfeeding practices alone lead to 800,000 child deaths each year– almost 12 percent of all child deaths in Bihar.