Gardens for Health International Email Format
Non-profit OrganizationsKigali, Rwanda11-50 Employees
Gardens for Health International is a non-profit organization based in Kigali, Rwanda, focused on addressing malnutrition by integrating agriculture and nutrition into community health efforts. For over a decade, it has worked with local communities in Rwanda to develop and deliver a curriculum on agriculture, nutrition, and health, with trainings led by educators from the communities and in collaboration with local mothers. The programs equip families with seeds, skills, and knowledge to create vegetable gardens and to prepare balanced meals that support child health. The organization works in partnership with the Government of Rwanda, teaming with community health workers, delivering trainings at local health clinics, and advising policy as a sustainable approach to treating and preventing malnutrition. The staff is over 90% Rwandan, and the organization employs between 11 and 50 people; reported revenue ranges from $1 million to $10 million.