Last year, the top women’s leaders in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a global initiative — and a hefty $55.8 million donation as seed money — to improve the health and nutrition of women and children worldwide.

This year, General Relief Society President Camille Johnson , her board and the church’s humanitarian wing, led by Sharon Eubank , came up with what they saw as an effective innovation.

Instead of doling out donations to diverse international aid agencies, why not use church funds and organizing skills to unite handfuls of these groups into a consortium of helpers?

They then did just that.

On Thursday, representatives of eight such aid groups who have agreed to join this alliance met in Salt Lake City to report and discuss program results.

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