1. Bolivia September 2008 “Working together for the children”

2. Goal To influence into Government of Bolivia for the development of children under five, to become a policy of the Bolivian State. CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN MALNUTRITION ZERO PROGRAM

3. IDEAS – ACTIONS P ublic Presentation of results of the successful experience of incorporation of Child Development Community component of the National Program of the Ministry of Health and Sports "Malnutrition Zero." Event presentation of successful results of the importance of Child Development in nutrition programs with Health Authorities, OG's Education and NGOs. Discussion and analysis of results of a comprehensive approach children in community-based programs with government authorities.

4. ORURO District IV 3.709 Population under 5 Dist. IV 55.241 Population under 5 Oruro

5. Comparative charts 1st. Detection 2nd. Detection

6. Comparative charts 1st. Detection 2nd. Detection

7. RESULTS 50% of the population has some kind of commitment in development. In nutrition indicator that identifies acute malnutrition proves to be not recoverable indicator of chronic malnutrition that Rather has a growing behavior. Rafael Pabón Health Center. Meetings analysis Ministry of Health and NGOs. Identification Program Malnutrition Zero as the best opportunity to incorporate Child Development and work in. It has formed a committee to work from the experiences of each institution be able to make a concrete proposal to the government. It has analyzed the experience levels of departmental health services in La Paz and Oruro, mayors of La Paz, Oruro and El Alto, this is the beginning of a work that must continue to show the necessary impact on levels of government. El Alto with Malnutrition Zero + Child Development

8. Lessons learned “The delay in development does not kill “ One of the major constraints in the country to know the real situation of children around their development, it has not made a baseline, possibly because measurement instruments-Scale Development-are not appropriate nor are contextualized. “What we see is not what most worrying" Local governments invested in construction and asphalt, parks, avenues and bridges, because "that" meets their political commitments and is demonstrably in the short term.

9. Conclusions Make advocacy for child development is difficult but not impossible, the only way to achieve this is showing results and arguing that the strength of change is in the same communities.