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Projects

Urban Nutrition Initiative

Piloting an Organic Food System in Kenya by Connecting Vulnerable Consumers in Nairobi with Small-Scale Producers in Makueni County

The Urban Nutrition Initiative is a consortium project implemented by three partners: Diabetes Awareness Trust (DAT), Feedback to the Future (FttF), and the Alliance Bioversity & CIAT (ABC). In the project, ABC serves as the lead coordinating organization, while DAT and FttF are the implementing partners. DAT focuses on vulnerable consumers in Viwandani, Makadara Sub-County, Nairobi, with a particular emphasis on people managing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mothers with children under five years.

Healthy Living with T1D

Improving Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) care in Kenya by strengthening community support systems, enhancing access to safe and nutritious foods, and providing psychosocial support for patients and caregiver

Healthy Living with T1D (T1D) is implemented by Diabetes Awareness Trust (DAT) with support from Panaroma T1D. Running from 15th February 2025 to 15th March 2027. The project expands DAT’s Community Diabetes Support Network (CDSN) IN Thika Sub-County, Kiambu County

The initiative combines clinical self-management, nutrition security and community empowerment, placing patients, caregivers and health actors at the center of resilient T1D cARE.

Food Farmacy Initiative

Building healthy communities through agroecology & nutrition advisory in Murang’a County

Murang’a faces intertwined challenges of food insecurity, malnutrition, and rising NCDs. At the same time, unsustainable farming practices and limited dietary diversity restrict access to nutritious foods. The Food Farmacy model tackles these barriers by linking health and food systems—bringing agroecological and organic produce closer to households while strengthening local markets and advisory services

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