Webster Isheanopa Makombe

Hi, I'm Webster Isheanopa Makombe! I'm a young lawyer, and former youth leader for nutrition with the Scaling Up Nutrition movement. I started my nutrition advocacy journey after being among the junior parliamentarians trained by the Zimbabwe Civil Society Organizations Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance (ZCSOSUNA) about the importance of nutrition financing, and breastfeeding during the first 1000 days amongst other nutrition related topics. I work closely with the ZCSOSUNA in facilitating adolescent nutrition in-school programs, something which I believe is very vital: ’catch them young’ or younger as I always like to say. I have growing expertise in advocacy and campaigns, extensively participating in young engagement initiatives. As a budding lobbyist, I have spoken at various conferences and high-level meetings about the importance of sustainable transformation of food systems, nutrition as a key component of achieving the #Agenda2030 and the need to harness legislative power in the fight against malnutrition and world hunger. I am passionate about food sovereignty and strengthening local food systems. I am also the curator of Act4Food’s Nhapi Tapi Food Festival, "nhapi tapi" in my native language chiShona, loosely translates to “finger licking good”.