Zambia: CSO-SUN Alliance Holds Nutrition for Development Concert

The Zambian CSO-SUN Alliance held a ‘Nutrition for Development Concert’ on 8 June in the Barclays Sports Complex in Lusaka. The event was a huge success and as many as 1,000 people were estimated to attend.

The concert received much visibility, with the performing artists spending the days before the event presenting key messages about nutrition on many of the main radio stations’ breakfast- and lunch-time shows.

Global Day of Action

In the run up to the Nutrition for Growth: Beating Hunger through Business and Science meeting on the 8th June, SUN Civil Society Alliances have take part in campaign actions around the world.

These actions highlighted to political leaders the importance of investing in nutrition, and were part of efforts happening all around the world as part of the Global Day of Action,

Scaling up Nutrition Civil Society Alliances led campaign efforts in Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia – holding round tables with politicians, public rallies, concerts and debates – all with the aim of asking their own national governments to do what’s necessary to tackle hunger and malnutrition. READ MORE ▶