Applicants are invited to submit their applications for Lead2030 Challenge for SDG 2 which is supported by RB.This challenge seeks to support solutions which work to end malnutrition. Challenge submissions must focus on: achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age or addressing the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, older persons or pregnant and lactating women.

Applicants should demonstrate impact in at least one of the following areas:

  • Ensure pregnant and lactating women have the best nutrition and sanitation conditions in undernourished populations to reduce stunting in the first 1000 days, the risk of low-birth-weight neonates and adverse perinatal outcomes.
  • Ensure children under 5 years old do not suffer from hunger and ensure they receive the adequate nutrients to support their mental and physical development.

Application deadline: 5 January 2020

Eligibility

  1. Aligned: Evidently aligned with the SDG2 challenge. See ‘Challenge outline’.

  2. Youth-led: Founded by a person aged 18 – 30.

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  3. Focused: Well-structured time horizon, identified key stakeholders and beneficiaries, and proposed outcomes that are reasonable and well thought out.

  4. Proven: Readily available, in or past implementation phase.

  5. Impactful: Solutions must have a positive social impact, for example generating employment, or developing skills.

  6. Measurable: Impacts of solutions must have been adequately measured and/or be measurable.

  7. Financially viable: Must be able to achieve efficiency and to survive independently through the resources they generate and/or the investments and donations they attract.

  8. Scalable: Potential to perform as well or better after expanding in scope or size and/or being transported to other regions.

Benefits

The winning solution will receive

  • A US$50,000 grant from RB

  • 12 months of mentorship from a team of RB professionals. The mentorship team will work to accelerate your solution based on the needs of your initiative or organisation, such as:

    • Business strategy

    • Best practices for data collection

    • Monitoring and evaluation

    • Product design

Application

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For more information,please visit https://www.lead2030.com/challenges/2019/2019-challenge-goal-2

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