Welcome to the Changemaker Project

What is happening

Is comprised of 13 Partner Institutions across Burkina Faso, Kenya, Tanzania, Sweden, Germany, Finland, and USA.

The project aims to implement & evaluate a sustainable health intervention program on health, nutrition, & environmental outcomes for the primary prevention of adolescent obesity & related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) together with adolescents in three rapidly urbanizing cities in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Tanzania.

Changemaker Baseline Survey Data Collection in Burkina Faso

Baseline data collection for the Changemaker study was conducted from November 4 to 28, 2025, in four schools: Saint Antonia, Adja Koutouga Diallo, Saint Dominique, and PIMA International, located in […]

Next stop on the photovoice journey: Member checking

After the collection and analysis of the adolescents’ photos and stories on their food environments, our photovoice journey in Kenya entered a short process of member checking. This is the […]

Changemaker Implementation Agents Training in Kenya

Earlier in November 2025, a training of trainers for the implementation was held and attended by 38 participants from Obinju and Manyatta Primary Schools, Teachers Service Commission, Ministry of Health […]

Changemaker Investigators’ Training in Burkina Faso

From October 15 to 19, training was held in the Ziniaré Regional Hospital Center for investigators to collect data for the Changemaker study baseline survey in Burkina Faso. The main […]