The people
Designers, facilitators and researchers — plus the students and school staff who took part. A few voices from across the programme.
The team
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!
Mestawet Gebru
Researcher
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.
Dawit Alemayehu Chekol
Public health researcher
Public Health Researcher, Ethiopian Public Health Institute; PhD Researcher, University of Galway, Ireland.
Playful moments, powerful lessons!
Eman Hassen
Consultant
Independent consultant at Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT.
Eat smart, play hard.
Tizita Kentiba
Program manager
Program Manager, Efuye Gela.
Let there be games!
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!
Freadam Y. Abebe
Game designer
Co-Founder & Solutions Product Manager at Efuye Gela.
Games always had the capacity to teach — the question is and always will be what and why.
Testimonials
Student reflections recorded during the final weeks of the intervention. Names are withheld and schools identified by code to protect participants.
The games taught us about food, and I actually changed my own eating habits because of it.
The games helped me understand how to organize my diet daily to live healthy.
I want to focus on my meals more going forward.
Contact us
For partnership, funding or implementation enquiries, contact the delivery team at Efuye Gela Technology, Events and Consultancy PLC, Addis Ababa.
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