The Impact Project has strengthened its collaboration with the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty following a second strategic meeting focused on tackling food insecurity among college students in the United States and Africa.

The meeting, held this week, brought together Executive Director of the Baylor Collaborative, Jeremy Everett, alongside the organisation’s Chief of Staff and Senior Director for Public Affairs and Strategic Partnerships, Grace Norman.

Also participating was Ejike Okpa, whose contributions highlighted the importance of international cooperation in addressing student hunger and poverty.

Discussions centred on the growing challenge of food insecurity among college students, particularly international students who often fall outside traditional hunger relief systems.

Speaking during the meeting, Dr. Everett described the issue as “a niche that is new and must be addressed.”

According to the organisations, the partnership will focus on expanding hunger relief, food access and community empowerment initiatives across campuses in the United States, while also exploring collaboration opportunities with African universities.

Dr. Okpa identified the University of Ibadan as a possible sister institution for a pilot phase of the initiative.

The partners said the long-term goal is to build a sustainable research and advocacy platform connecting Africa and the United States in efforts to combat hunger and poverty, with college students as a central focus.

Founder of Impact Project, Aliyu Tijani, is expected to engage more directly with the Baylor Collaborative later this summer as the organisation moves from advocacy to implementation of concrete programmes.

Impact Project also expressed appreciation to Dr. Everett and Dr. Okpa for their support, mentorship and commitment to advancing the initiative.