Gardens for Health International is working to provide sustainable agricultural solutions to childhood malnutrition in Rwanda.

The Abahizi Dushyigikirane Ltd. (ADC) Factory, found just outside of Kigali in Masoro, Rwanda, does far more than just make handbags for Kate Spade New York. ADC is a women-owned business that employs 200 women from the surrounding area, and provides a diverse range of capacity-building activities for their employees. GHI's legacy lives at ADC Masoro through their bi-monthly Lifeskills Friday trainings in nutrition, saving, and other important topics, and in the vegetable garden we helped establish to increase dietary diversity.

Both our Health Center and Antenatal Care Programs include one day dedicated to One Pot, One Hour cooking demonstrations. This training demonstrates the ability to cook a fully-nutritious meal in a low-resource environment, using just one pot to cook the ingredients together at different time intervals. This cooking demonstration was filmed in Mahama Refugee Camp, during our six-week intervention with 475 refugee mothers.

Uwimpaye Francoise takes care of children in GHI's Early Childhood Development Program at Musanze Health Center in northern Rwanda. She is dedicated to giving the best childcare possible to ensure the mothers enrolled in our program can focus on their nutrition trainings.

We have the privilege of working with thousands of inspiring, generous, and capable women every year. We honor them this International Women's Day, and ask that you join us. Make a donation and empower women across Rwanda