The Nutrition Challenge

In collaboration with VU University Amsterdam, students performed qualitative and quantitative research on nutrition in slums of Kampala, Uganda.

Challenge details

The 7Senses Challenge is an intensive 12-week program for students, post-graduates and professionals. In a multi-disciplinary, international team they perform Participatory Action Research in the field to boost community empowerment while at the same time work on their own personal and professional development.

Challenge name	Nutrition Challenge
Start date	March 2nd 2015
Duration	12 weeks
Status	Finished
Country	Uganda
Coordinator	Madelon Eelderink
Number of participants	4
Number of local researchers	2

Each Challenge design starts from a community issue, addressed by its problem owners at location. As such, we make sure the Challenge is based on local demand rather than donor demand. Together with these local stakeholders, we design the Challenge in a way that fits the local context, from the problem framing up to methodology and concept definitions.

Problem Definition

Objective

Main Research Question

Sub Questions

Methods

Concepts

Each Challenge delivers direct outcomes for the local community on the addressed issue: we can share how many people have been reached, what their perspective is on the current and desired situation and what final Community Action Plan (CAP) they have co-created and implemented. In a later stage, local stakeholders will evaluate the impact of the CAP.