| Reporting Organization: | Shanti Uganda |
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| Total Budget ($CAD): | $ Unspecified |
| Timeframe: | December 31, 2013 - September 12, 2024 |
| Status: | Implementation |
| Contact Information: |
Courtney Tucker [email protected] |
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| Health Promotion & Education (20.0 %) | |
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| Nutrition (20.0 %) | |
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| Reproductive Health & Rights incl. Maternal Health (20.0 %) | |
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| Sexual Health & Rights (20.0 %) | |
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| WASH (20.0 %) | |
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The Shanti Uganda Community Garden acts as a meeting place to unite our staff, mothers, and newborns by providing the Shanti community with a serene setting, sustainable environment, and plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. Focusing on nutrient-rich, local crops that can be sustainably farmed and cooked. We grow everything from guavas to beans, bananas to avocados, even coffee and hibiscus.
| Gender and age: | Adult women Adult men Adolescent females Adolescent males Under-5 children Newborns |
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| Descriptors: | Rural |
| Total Direct Population: | 1,000 |
| Total Indirect Population: | 50,000 |
| None | Training |
| None | Participation |
| None | Research |
We grow great food and teach about nutrition and health in Luwero District. The Garden acts as a venue to engage the local community in health and nutrition workshops led by both our trained Nutritionist and our Head Gardener. The workshops cover topics from healthy eating during pregnancy and home water purification to gardening techniques and sustainable agriculture.
Luwero District has a population estimated at 500,000 people with a percentage of 8 people per house hold, we intend to engage 1000 people in a 12 month period.
800 Women both young and old are expected to be engaged in a 12 months period.
200 Men both young and old are expected to be engaged in 12 months period.
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