Your donation supporting to growing vegetables in the kitchen gardens in 1200 kitchen gardens in 60 women care groups with malnourished children in Uganda, Kichen gardens helps having vegetables for nutritious food, reduce animal products consumption and generate income to save for their children, protect them from diseases and hunger and climate restoration. Hence investing in women and children as the primary solution to respond to climate crisis that might destroy the next generation.
In Ntoroko District, 90% of households make a living as subsistence farmers on degraded land and hunger and malnutrition are chronic issues. Over 50% of children 5-59 months old are stunted and 20% are wasted. Women are the main farmers of food but need support to improve crop diversity and productivity. Other women lack access to land but can garden collectively. Better nutrition is essential for improving the health status of children and school performance.
Establishing vegetable growing in the kitchen gardens is a gateway to food secure and climate resilient families in Ntoroko district. Kitchen gardens are low-cost and effective way to increase vegetable and fruit consumption and empower women to generate and spend income on family needs. These Care groups model in the coalition slow but equitable changes in family organization RAFUG is currently seeking before the United Nations Human Rights Council.
This project will improve the dietary diversity, nutrition, health and welfare of 1,000 families in Ntoroko District. It will provide a partnership model (Women Care group) as effective solution for home and community gardens for replication and scaling-up throughout Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Nigeria. Equity, birth entitlement and reduced climate crisis.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
