Born and raised in Jerusalem, Ronnie-Lee graduated with a bachelor’s of Social Work from Tel-Aviv University. Prior to GLOCAL, she did a course in Sustainable Development in Internal Aid at the Israeli School of Humanitarian Action. Ronnie-Lee conducted her 4-month internship with a community-based NGO called Partners for Community Health and Development Organization, PACHEDO, which is located in Gulu, Northern Uganda. She was part of the organization's nutrition project; the project worked with a number of communities in Pabbo sub-county, and in emergency settings in the Palabek refugee settlements. The goal of these projects was to improve the nutritional status of children under two years, and of pregnant and lactating women, using behavioral change and education. Her role was to assist with the project’s ongoing planning, measuring and scaling children and mothers, and documenting and collecting data for future Monitoring and Evaluation studies.

 Cooking the way out of malnutrition | Ronnie-Lee Sneh 

Globally, malnutrition is responsible, directly or indirectly, for over 50% of the 10.6 million deaths annually of children under the age of five. In Uganda, undernutrition accounts for 60% of child mortality. I chose this picture to represent empowerment because it captures the essence of our project. This is the first cooking demonstration. It was set up by the CARE group promoter with the aim of educating the CARE group volunteers about the food groups (every banana leaf represents a different food group), and how to mix them together to make a high-quality meal for their babies. With this new knowledge, these volunteer women will teach other women in their communities the skills for making nutritious meals for their children. Education is the strongest tool for empowering people; in my opinion, it is especially stronger when women are educating other women, using their own voice, capacity, and local knowledge.

 

 

 

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