Growing More Than Food: A mother’s nutrition journey
Jacqueline from Gicumbi struggled to provide proper nutrition for her child, believing healthy meals were unaffordable. Through the EU-funded Kungahara project, she learned to grow vegetables, raise chickens, and prepare balanced meals using local resources. This initiative empowered mothers, proving that knowledge—not wealth—can transform family nutrition and community well-being.
Belise’s Journey: From Struggle to Self-Sufficiency with the Kungahara Project
Meet Murekatete Belise, a mother of three children, a young boy and girls twins from Gakenke district, Northern Rwanda. She used to face significant challenges in providing nutritious food for her family, especially her twins who are still at baby age. Trying to address that, she decided to grow a vegetable garden as she knew […]
Supporting and Enhancing Resilient and Viable Employment Opportunities (SERVE)
The SERVE project aims to build a resilient, sustainable, equitable for women and girls, and inclusive entrepreneurial environment that increases dignified and fulfilling work opportunities for young people, particularly young women, in agricultural value chains across Rwanda. It addresses the challenge of insufficient productive employment for Rwanda’s growing youth population, with about 78% of Rwandans being under 35 years old.
Kungahara Project
The Kungahara project, is a project financially supported by the European Union and the Austrian Development Agency, implemented by CARE (CARE Austria and CARE Rwanda), in partnership with DUHARANIRA AMAJYAMBERE Y’ICYARO (DUHAMIC-ADRI). This project aims to significantly contribute to resilient food systems and improved food and nutrition security in Rwanda.
