Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  > Inside Yale  Yale News (L to R) Special Assistant to the Chancellor Tom Kalil; Director of Sustainability for the City of Oakland Randy Hayes; Former President of the Board of Supervisors, City and County of San Francisco, Matt Gonzalez. Guest Speakers at the Berkeley Roosevelt Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made." — Franklin Roosevelt    Community Health Gardens in Rwanda > Roosevelt Home > Yale > International Development > Community Health Gardens Much has been accomplished in recent years to make anti-retroviral therapy (ART) available at a reasonable cost to counter Africa’s HIV/AIDS pandemic. However, ART lacks effectiveness when a patient is malnourished. HIV/AIDS and malnutrition form a vicious cycle. The year-long Rwanda project examined the relationship between HIV/AIDS, nutrition, and agriculture in Rwanda and East Africa. The Center on International Development designed a set of policy recommendations for non-profit organizations in East Africa to simultaneously target malnutrition and HIV/AIDS.  The three main policy components are: (1) Garden cooperatives for high-nutrient crops (2) Education and training on sustainable agriculture, animal husbandry, and nutrition (3) Income generation through crop, animal, and seed sale The goal is to enhance long-term food security, decrease malnutrition, foster economic development, and support effective HIV/AIDS care, and treatment. Improved nutrition will allow antiretroviral drugs to work more effectively. The policy recommendations were published in a manual (along with policy recommendations on solar energy from the Center on the Environment) and distributed to non-profit organizations involved in HIV/AIDS care and treatment in Rwanda. This project was conducted in conjunction with Gardens for Health International (GHI), an international non-profit founded by former Center on International Development Co-Director Emily Morell, to implement this policy and build community gardens in Rwanda. Related Materials and Links: Full Policy Report on Community Gardens: May 2007 Gardens for Health International website Group members: Rebecca Anastos-Wallen Ambika Bhushan Lillian Chen Sophie Cooper Faizan Diwan Evan W Gogel Rachel S Hansen Rena Karefa-Johnson Jennifer Landau Joo Hyun Lee Rebecca S Levenson Hae-in Lim Emily A Morell Allison Neswood Kathy Peng Jillian Roland Rachel Sam Haun Saussy Bryce Scanlan Natehaniel J Scherer Paul D Schneider Spencer Sherman Stephanie Soderborg Tina M Thomas Ellie Woodward Laura Zax Hilary J frankel irene.scher@yale.edu   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359