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.

"Spotlighting Adolescent Co-Design" Conference

Schedule for Spotlighting Adolescent Co-Design Conference

Hosted by the Changemaker Project and the BIGH Doctoral Program (GPH, Kristi Sidney Annerstedt and Helle Mölsted Alvesson).

Date & Time: March 5th, 2026, 8:30 – 12:00

Location: Scheelesalen, Floor 3 in Scheele lab A-building Tomtebodavägen 6, 171 65 Solna

Online: 9-11:00 – https://ki-se.zoom.us/j/69743276760

Changemaker dissemination event in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 2026

From 21st-23rd January 2026, the CHANGEMAKER consortium participated in a dissemination event of three large-scale collaborative research programs on climate change, nutrition and health in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The event […]

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 […]