Lead2030 Challenge for SDG 2: End Hunger by 2030 (US$50,000 grant)

Deadline

September 23, 2021

Challenge submissions must focus on achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age or addressing the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, older persons or pregnant and lactating women.

• Ensure pregnant and lactating women have the best nutrition and sanitation conditions in undernourished populations to reduce stunting in the first 1000 days, the risk of low-birth-weight neonates and adverse perinatal outcomes.
• Ensure children under 5 years old do not suffer from hunger and ensure they receive the adequate nutrients to support their mental and physical development.

Prize

The winning solution will receive:

• A US$50,000 grant from Reckitt
• 12 months of mentorship from a team of Reckitt professionals. The mentorship team will work to accelerate your solution based on the needs of your initiative or organisation, such as:
  • Business strategy
  • Best practices for data collection
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Product design

Eligibility

• Solutions should be evidently aligned with the challenge.
• Founded by a person aged 18 – 30.
• Well-structured time horizon, identified key stakeholders and beneficiaries, and proposed outcomes that are reasonable and well thought out.
• Product/service already in market or ready to go to market.
• Solutions must have a positive social impact, for example generating employment, or developing skills.
• Impacts of solutions must have been adequately measured and/or be measurable.
• Must be able to achieve efficiency and to survive independently through the resources they generate and/or the investments and donations they attract.
• Potential to perform as well or better after expanding in scope or size and/or being transported to other regions.

Application

Applications will close on September 23, 2021. Shortlisted candidates confirmed by October 28, 2021.

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