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Diabetes Awareness Trust (DAT) has successfully completed Urban Nutrition Phase I, its first-ever consortium project, a landmark collaboration that reached over 17,600 Kenyans through integrated nutrition education, agroecology training, and non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention programming across Kenya.
The two-year project, which ran from 2023 to 2025, was coordinated by Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (ABC) and brought together three organizations with complementary strengths. DAT led consumer engagement and the integration of health actors into the food systems conversation. Feedback to the Future (FttF) focused on farmer-centred interventions, while ABC provided research leadership and learning documentation.
Key Results – Phase One
By the close of Phase One, the Urban nutrition has achieved the following:
- 3,487 general consumers reached through nutrition education forums, cooking demonstrations, exposure learning visits, and household follow-ups
- 48 Community Health Workers trained on the link between agroecology and human health and actively engaged throughout the project, including at household level
- 35 stakeholders engaged, including County Government representatives and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
- 17,610 indirect beneficiaries reached, based on conservative estimates of knowledge shared by each direct beneficiary
Lessons generated through Urban Nutrition Phase I are now directly shaping Urban Nutrition Phase II, which focuses on scaling the integrated model. DAT is applying the proven approach, connecting food systems, health systems, and community education to expand its impact in diabetes awareness, hypertension prevention, and nutrition advocacy across Kenya.
