In 2013 Indonesia’s Ministry of Health requested that GAIN support the district governments of Malang and Sidoarjo in East Java Province to reduce stunting by improving maternal and infant nutrition.
Subsequently GAIN with funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and in collaboration with Save the Children (Netherlands), Paramitra Foundation (an Indonesian NGO) and PT Holland for Water (Nazava water filters) implemented the first phase of the Baduta3 project partnership with East Java provincial and district health authorities.
The project had 4 components.