The ALIVE project had its first annual scientific meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the project’s overall progress towards addressing the causal mechanisms linking poverty, self-regulation, depression, and anxiety among adolescents. The meeting took place during the 21st and 23rd of March and brought together more than 20 ALIVE partners from Colombia, Netherlands, Nepal, UK, USA, and South Africa. All ten organisations from the consortium were present, in the room as well as online.