A multi-media platform which showcases the stories of our 10 Transform Nutrition Champions is now available. Read their inspiring stories.
Transform Nutrition Champions spokespeople training
In March all 10 Transform Nutrition 2016 Champions were offered media and advocacy training by Save the Children. We were delighted that five were able to make it to London to take part. They joined around 10 key Save the Children international personnel and took part in an intensive 3-day training programme, during which they heard from expert media trainers and were given a chance to share their own examples of good practice. [Read more...]
Why we need Champions of Change for nutrition
By Mr. Basanta Kumar Kar Transform Nutrition Champion, South Asia
- We need more political will and government departments focused on nutrition.
- Our governments should act and make a pledge at Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit at Rio in August’16.
- We the ambassadors have to act today to influence the thinking and actions of policy makers and political leaders.
These were the main messages from a Nutrition for Growth (N4G) spokespeople training in London that I attended as a Transform Nutrition Champion from South Asia in March this year. [Read more...]
Nutrition advocacy training
Blog by Christine Muyama and Manaan Mumma
As Transform Nutrition champions 2016, we got an opportunity to participate in the Nutrition for Growth spokespeople training held in London from 14th- 16th March 2016. The training was conducted with the aim of identifying, collecting, and utilising compelling nutrition evidence and narratives to support our Nutrition advocacy work and to maximise the opportunity of the Nutrition for Growth summit as to secure political and financial nutrition commitments from our advocacy targets. It also focused on nutrition advocacy with a special emphasis on how to galvanize public support and influence decision makers around nutrition priorities. [Read more...]
2016 Transform Nutrition Champions announced
After a world-wide call for nominations, Transform Nutrition are delighted to announce the 2016 Transform Nutrition Champions.
Following interviews, the stories of all 10 champions are being written up and will be available soon. We are also working with Save the Children on assessing their training needs and involving them in some of the big nutrition events taking place this year.
Our 10 champions:
- Basanta Kumar Kar, Bangladesh/ India
- Christine Muyama, Uganda
- Christopher Dube, Zambia
- Debjeet Sarangi, India
- Frealem Shibabaw, Ethiopia
- Manaan Mumma, Kenya
- Neerja Chowdhury, India
- San San Myint, Myanmar
- V. Ramani, India
- William Chilufya, Zambia
Where are the Nutrition Champions in Ethiopia?
Kenaw Gebreselassie, Transform Nutrition Communication and Research Uptake Manager based at Save the Children, Ethiopia writes about the call for nutrition champion nominations
Nominations invited for Nutrition Champions 2015
Do you know anyone who has transformed thinking and action on nutrition?
The Transform Nutrition Research Programme Consortium in partnership with Save the Children are inviting nominations to recognise any individual who has had significant success in transforming thinking or action on nutrition. Following a first round of Nutrition Champions in 2013, we are looking for more individuals from countries with a high burden of undernutrition, who are innovating or influencing and whose work has started to make a real difference in their locality in recent years for improved nutrition. [Read more...]
2013 Nutrition Champion Award winners
Three individuals have been recognized for their transformative efforts to improve nutrition, health and opportunities for women and children at the SUN Global Gathering in New York this week. These 2013 Transform Nutrition Champion Award honorees, hailing from Guatemala, Kenya and Senegal, represent the breadth of action and investment that has helped to raise nutrition on the global agenda and drive progress in nations around the globe.
Shortlist for 2013 Nutrition Champion Awards
Learning about Champions
Transform Nutrition are undertaking research to (a) identify individuals who have been or could be influential in contributing to policy changes that can effectively reduce undernutrition, and (b) explore the attributes and characteristics of these individuals. This informal paper Learning about Champions – Individuals Catalysing Social Change by Elise Wach and Sara Wolcott presents some of our thinking and preliminary findings to date.
