1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgKatie Taylorhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/kataylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RX5nQSCpNX"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/08/12/moms-helping-moms-in-southwest-bangladesh/nobo-jatra-project-monmohini-roys-story-2/">Nobo Jatra project – Monmohini Roy’s story</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/08/12/moms-helping-moms-in-southwest-bangladesh/nobo-jatra-project-monmohini-roys-story-2/embed/#?secret=RX5nQSCpNX" width="600" height="338" title="“Nobo Jatra project – Monmohini Roy’s story” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="RX5nQSCpNX" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://live-advocacy.d2.worldvision.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/D030-0876-10.jpg800532Monmohini Roy, 20, and her daughter, Mimi, 17 months, at a World Vision nutrition class. Thanks to interventions like micronutrient powder, conditional cash transfers, and helpful SMS messages about proper pre- and post-natal care, Monmohini Roy feels better able to feed and care for her daughter, Mimi. The interventions are part of Nobo Jatra, a five-year food security and development program implemented by World Vision and funded by U.S. foreign assistance. Monmohini Roy, has transformed her family’s lives with help from Nobo Jatra. The Roys are classified as “ultra poor.” Her husband is a day laborer on someone else’s land. They drank, bathed, and cooked with dirty water from a nearby pond. And when the couple became pregnant with their first child, they weren't sure how they would properly care for her. To start, Monmohini received Nobo Jatra’s helpful instructional SMS messages during and after her pregnancy with her daughter, Mimi, now 17 months. The messages offer tips on proper prenatal and postnatal care. Monmohini refers to them as messages from “her doctor sister.” “The messages that came, some of them may seem very simple, like washing your hands,” she says. “But it’s not something that is practiced. These are really simple messages but not something that is practiced, like recognizing times when your child is ill, when to go the doctor.” And as an ultra-poor household, the family was eligible for Nobo Jatra’s conditional cash transfer program. Monmohini uses the money to buy food and medical care for herself and their family. The family also received a tank for harvesting rain water, which they share with others as well. The name Nobo Jatra translates to “new beginning.” It’s a fitting name, given that the program is helping newborns like Mimi across southwest Bangladesh begin their lives with the best chance to thrive. *** SEE ALSO D030-0876-STORY ***