
Village Health Works (VHW) operates a health clinic in the village of Kiguta, Burundi. Since its opening in December of 2007, the clinic has seen over 28,000 patients. The Nutrition and Food Security Project is a new initiative of VHW to link the treatment of malnutrition with long-term food security. The $10,000 grant from the AllPeopleBeHappy foundation is being used to procure supplies and to pay 8 Agricultural Assistant Workers to teach villagers on how to grow more nutritious food, and how to establish and maintain home gardens. In addition, an impressive amount of infrastructure has been built: a raised-bed demonstration garden, a nursery for food-bearing plants, a large agro forest, shelters for chickens, goats, and cows, and a large-scale composting system. (www.villagehealthworks.org)