Zambart’s Nurture4Youth project convened its Annual Project Meeting from 21–22 January 2026 at Zambart House, bringing together study staff, peer navigators, young people advisers (YPAs), study advisory members, and partner organisations.
The main objective of the meeting was to review progress made in 2025 and to collectively plan the way forward by aligning 2026 timelines, activities, and project goals across all work packages and partner teams.
The programme also featured poster presentations by three PhD students, who shared insights into their respective research topics within the Nurture4Youth study. These sessions promoted knowledge sharing, reflection, and coordination among multidisciplinary teams.
The meeting was held in a hybrid format, enabling the full project team from Zambia and South Africa to participate online, while local teams met in person and joined the sessions together. Young people advisers, who are drawn from the community and have lived experience as young migrants, participated alongside peer navigators, young people aged 18 to 30 residing within the study communities.
The meeting was led by the study’s Principal Investigator, Professor Janet Anne Seeley, and Co-Principal Investigator, Dr Musonda Simwinga. Presentations reviewed achievements and planned activities for 2025 and were structured around Work Packages 1 to 6, highlighting how each component complements the others in advancing the study’s objectives.
The Nurture4Youth is a project that focuses on strengthening research partnerships and generating policy-relevant evidence to enhance the resilience of migrant adolescents and young people in accessing sexual and reproductive health services, ultimately contributing to improved health and wellbeing outcomes in southern.
The project is funded by the NIHR Global Health Research Groups.