Completed
Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) Project
The project that established CS-SUNN as Nigeria’s national civil society platform for nutrition. Built in 2015, its structures still work today.
Why it matters
Civil society worked in isolation
Nutrition organisations had no national platform, no coordination and no shared agenda. The national plan of action existed on paper, with no civil society structure behind it.
5 of 5
planned outcomes achieved or exceeded
Source: MPTF brief and Knowledge Extraction Report, 2026
Results
What the project created
CS-SUNN establishedAs the national civil society nutrition platform, with a coalition governance framework.
Local Working GroupsSeated in ten states and the FCT.
First national compendiumThe first Compendium of Nutrition CSOs in Nigeria.
60+ coalition members trainedCapacity built in Delta and Kwara.
National town hallsTown hall meetings and media roundtables on nutrition.
Advocacy materialsProduced and used with policymakers and the public.
How we worked
Organise first, then advocate
- Mapping identified nutrition CSOs across the country.
- Local Working Groups gave each state a coordination structure.
- Training built advocacy capacity in coalition members.
- Media and town halls raised public awareness of malnutrition.
What we learned
Unified coalitions are more influential.One platform carried more weight than many small voices.
State structures sustain ownership.State-level coordination improved ownership and sustainability.
Document everything.Records built the institutional memory later programmes relied on.
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Nutrition CSOs can join CS-SUNN and their state chapter.