Food is a Right: Young People’s Call to End Hunger and Malnutrition
This multi-country research report is the result of a unique collaboration between World Vision’s South Asia & Pacific regional Changemaker leaders—through the Child-led Advocacy and Meaningful Participation (CHAMP) initiative—and the Young and Resilient Research Centre (Y&R) at Western Sydney University.
Covering Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka, this report reflects deep engagement through participatory workshops and research toolkits developed by Y&R. Fifteen CHAMP youth leaders (aged 13 - 20) from five SAP countries took part in a series of online research capacity-building sessions delivered by the Young and Resilient Research Centre (Y&R) at Western Sydney University. With support from CHAMP mentors, the youth leaders developed their own research projects, collected and analyzed data, and crafted their recommendations.
The workshops reached 214 participants across the five countries. Participants were aged 10-18, with roughly two-thirds identifying as female and one-third as male. Ten workshops were held, gathering both quantitative data (surveys) and qualitative data (participatory activities and worksheets).
Through this process, CHAMP youth leaders not only built research skills—they also mobilized their peers to explore the realities, priorities, and challenges that children and adolescents face around nutrition in their countries.
