Vijana Intervention

Intervention and Adaptations 

The intervention is a household-level Shamba Maisah intervention enhanced for adolescents and their caregivers:

1. Provision of water pumps and agricultural implements for use on home-based farms; 
2. Agricultural training at school-based demonstration farms 
3. Parent-adolescent relationship strengthening sessions to improve communication.

Based on the formative work, we have adapted the Shamba Maisha intervention in the following ways:

• We will be using a lighter (2.5kg) less expensive, and more transportable water pump as part of the intervention. 
• The training session will take place on a demonstration plot located at the school.
• The intervention will include two relationship-strengthening sessions targeted toward adolescent girls and their caregivers.
• The agricultural commodities will be donated to the participants rather than using a microfinance loan.