Mama can now support her five children!

Mama and her five children live in Gasabo District, Rwanda. She is a single mother who works hard on other people’s fields to provide for her family, but still, all of her five children are chronically stunted or malnourished. Thanks to Kristin, Gardens for Health has been able to provide Mama with the resources to farm her own small field, initiating a home garden with vegetables and fruit trees. She will also receive regular follow up visits from a skilled agronomist, and participate in a three month education program at her local health center.

Mama is already on the path to establishing her own self-sufficiency. While attending the education sessions, which deal with a variety of topics related to malnutrition, she has gone on to get her own HIV-test, pursue family planning measures, and purchase health insurance for all five children. Moreover, Mama is usually the first to arrive to cooking demonstrations at her health center and the last to leave, so passionate is she about improving the health and nutrition of her children. With Mama and her family, it is clear how a simple investment leads to a multitude of positive health effects. Thank you, Kristin!