The people

Team & testimonials

Designers, facilitators and researchers — plus the students and school staff who took part. A few voices from across the programme.

The team

Who delivered the project

Portrait of Elise F. Talsma Elise F. Talsma Principal investigator · Project lead Associate Professor, Wageningen University & Research — Chair group Global Nutrition, Division of Human Nutrition and Health. I never knew that learning about healthy diets could be that much fun!
Portrait of Mestawet Gebru Mestawet Gebru Local Principal Investigator (PI) Nutrition Researcher at Alliance Bioversity International – CIAT, and PhD Researcher at Wageningen University & Research, Division of Human Nutrition and Health. It is fun and inspiring to promote a healthy diet among youth.
Portrait of Dawit Alemayehu Chekol Dawit Alemayehu Chekol Public health researcher Public Health Researcher, Ethiopian Public Health Institute; PhD Researcher, University of Galway, Ireland. Playful moments, powerful lessons!
Portrait of Eman Hassen Eman Hassen Consultant Independent consultant at Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT. Eat smart, play hard.
Portrait of Tizita Kentiba Tizita Kentiba Program manager Program Manager, Efuye Gela. Let there be games!
Portrait of Dagmawi Bedilu Degefe Dagmawi Bedilu Degefe Senior supplier Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Efuye Gela, Regional Manager at Enter Africa, Game Thinking Lead at Chewata Awaqi, Mandela Washington Fellow, AGYLE Fellow. Let there be games!
Portrait of Freadam Y. Abebe Freadam Y. Abebe Game designer Co-Founder & Solutions Product Manager at Efuye Gela.
Group photo of the Gursha project team

Game masters

Who ran the sessions

The trained facilitators who led weekly play in the participating schools.

Game master portrait
Game master portrait
Game master portrait

Testimonials

In their own words

Student reflections recorded during the final weeks of the intervention. Names are withheld and schools identified by code to protect participants.

Portrait placeholder Name withheld Student · School 4 The games taught us about food, and I actually changed my own eating habits because of it.
Portrait placeholder Name withheld Student · School 6 The games helped me understand how to organize my diet daily to live healthy.
Portrait placeholder Name withheld Student · School 1 I want to focus on my meals more going forward.

Contact us

Get in touch

For more enquiries, contact the project leads.

Elise Talsma · elise.talsma@wur.nl Mestawet Gebru · mestawet.gebremeskel@wur.nl Dagmawi Bedilu Degefe · dagem@efuyegela.com
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