International Youth Day 2024

Empowering Sustainable Development through Digital Platforms: The Story of Lennson Mumo This year’s International Youth Day celebrated on 12th August 2024 focuses on the relationship between digitization and the progress of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), emphasizing the significant role young people play in this process. The celebrations highlight how young individuals use technologies like …

Learnings from the recently held NICE Peer-to-Peer Learning Event: A testimonial

The NICE Peer-to-Peer Learning Event occurred between the 3rd – 8th of March 2024 in Switzerland. The peer learning in Switzerland aimed to strengthen competencies in urban food systems, increase knowledge of agroecology for sustainable transformation, and build relationships among six secondary cities in the NICE Project, NICE consortium members in Switzerland, selected Swiss cities, …

The NICE Project Reflects on Its Efforts to Increase Inclusivity for Women in the Nutrition Space as We Mark International Women’s Day. 

The article was published in The East African Newspaper Edition on 9th March 2024. https://url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/uYlGCBNN9cVpjRynczAybe?domain=theeastafrican.co.ke “International Women’s Day” is celebrated on March 8th every year. It is a day to celebrate the achievements of women and to raise awareness about the injustices and biases that women face every day. This year’s theme is #InspireInclusion, which …

Empowering women and youth as food prices skyrocket

The NICE partners in Kenya(*) recently updated key government officials on project progress. The Chief Guest was the Rt. Hon. Kenneth Lusaka, Governor of Bungoma County. Moderated by our project consultant Wilson Songa, the meeting addressed urban nutrition and food safety, and ways to scale up the work. Lusaka emphasized that “there is a need to …

From Farm to Fork: NICE Celebrating World Food Day 2023

NICE brings together urban dwellers, farmers, producers, and other food system players for the World Food Day 2023 commemoration in Bungoma County in line with the theme of water conservation. World Food Day is celebrated worldwide on October 16th to raise awareness of food production and the importance of promoting food security. This year’s theme …

NICE featured in a special issue of The East African on promotion of resilient agriculture in East Africa

NICE was featured in The East African’s “The Next Big Thing is Africa” quarterly journal, focusing on promoting resilient agriculture in East Africa for its June 2023 edition. Access the whole special issue here: https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/resource/blob/4277126/45474a2510b4f4883544ad4d09d6a88f/pdf-data.pdf)

Policy Makers In Kenya Discuss How the NICE Project Can Inform Policies on Nutrition

The NICE Project aims to improve nutrition in urban, peri-urban, and rural areas, by shaping urban-rural food environments and informing national and local policies. In Kenya, a high-level meeting with key policymakers was recently held at Acacia Premier Hotel in Kisumu on the 17th of May 2023. The meeting was graced by key policymakers from …

NICE social marketing campaign dubbed “Tuelimike” educates the community on safe and good nutrition in Bungoma and Busia.

Improving nutrition and health in secondary cities like Bungoma and Busia is a key goal of the NICE project. The project conducted a social marketing campaign called “Tuelimike” through activations in schools, clinics, markets and among small-scale farmers. The Tuelimike campaign, which translates to “Let us be Informed/Educated,” took place in Bungoma and Busia cities in Kenya …

NICE at the Private Sector Mechanism Gender Roundtable

The NICE project has been showcased as an example from the nutrition sector at the Private Sector Mechanism Gender Roundtable on Business Accelerating Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in Food System arranged by the International Agri-Food Network (IAFN) and the Private Sector Mechanism of the Committee on World Food Security, hold virtually on …