I have been meeting regularly with a group of women in Kalaki to teach about nutrition. We have talked about the important foods our bodies need to be healthy, local nutritious vegetables, and moringa. Before each lesson, we do a Bible study together as well.
Planning a balanced diet for a week:
When we talked about local vegetables, everyone took time to draw a plan for how they would (realistically) use their land to grow the kinds of crops, fruits, and vegetables they want for their families to have good nutrition at home.
Another time, we went outside and demonstrated how to make a simple vegetable garden which can go next to your kitchen. Since this kind of garden is small and easy to water, you can then have vegetables even during the dry season.
So, Sarah, do you find that this is all brand new information? I mean, in the US, gardening has been around forever and most who plant gardens plant a variety of vegetables, not necessarily because some one taught them about nutrition, but because they like to have variety. So a gardener will grow onions, cabbage, peppers, tomatoes, squash, etc. Is this not the case in Uganda? Do most people there just eat a very few things?
ReplyDeleteYES! VEGGIES!
ReplyDelete