Development of kitchen gardens in rural communities through “Twitezimbere mu buhinzi” project.

Image: TRIP Vice President Berchmas Kanyamihigo and TRIP advisor Venuste Bizimana and TRIP stakeholders after building a model home smart garden


The main objective of Terimbere Rural Integrated Partnership NGO is to develop rural areas. In order to achieve it, TRIP initiated a project called “TWITEZE IMBERE M’UBUHINZI” project. It is a project initiated for developing rural communities through modern agriculture.

After that Terimbere Rural Integrated Partnership NGO realized that their stakeholders also need kitchen garden s for better health, so TRIP decided to train their stakeholders about how they can make a good home smart garden to plant vegetables and other crops because are an essential part of a healthy diet and can provide numerous benefits for the body.

Here are some of the uses of vegetables in the body:

  1. Provide essential nutrients: Vegetables are rich in vitamins, minerals, and fiber that are essential for the body's proper functioning. These nutrients are needed for growth, development, and maintenance of the body.
  2. Promote digestive health: The fiber in vegetables helps promote digestive health by preventing constipation, reducing inflammation, and improving the absorption of nutrients.
  3. Boost immunity: Many vegetables contain phytochemicals, which are natural compounds that can help boost the immune system and protect the body from diseases.
  4. Support heart health: Vegetables are low in fat and calories, making them an excellent choice for maintaining a healthy weight. They also contain nutrients such as potassium, which can help regulate blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease.
  5. Reduce the risk of chronic diseases: Studies have shown that a diet rich in vegetables can help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, and heart disease.
  6. Promote healthy skin: Vegetables contain antioxidants, which can help protect the skin from damage caused by free radicals and promote healthy skin.
Overall, including a variety of vegetables in a diet of our stakeholders would provide many benefits for their body and help them to maintain good health.



Image: TRIP stakeholders Uwanyirigira Febronie after building her kitchen garden with help of her stakeholders’ groupe.


On 21st February 2023, TRIP Vice President Berchmas Kanyamihigo and TRIP advisor Venuste Bizimana with stakeholders opened the activity of building a smart kitchen garden where they built a model kitchen garden in Kabushinge Cell, Rwaza Sector, Musanze District and they explained to stakeholders how to build it, maintaining it and the importance of kitchen garden . The model smart kitchen garden was to be used by every stakeholder as a model to build his/her own kitchen garden.


Image: A family after building a kitchen garden


TRIP has a goal that each stakeholder should have the smart kitchen garden by the end of april 2023 (After 2 months). Currently, stakeholders are building a smart kitchen garden for their own.


Image: TRIP stakeholder Nyiramugisha Solange after building her kitchen garden.


Image: TRIP stakeholder building his smart kitchen garden.


This initiative will also continue to all stakeholders and TRIP will continue to track the uses of smart kitchen garden s and make sure that are being well maintained. TRIP Vice President told us that he believes that building kitchen gardens will help stakeholders in development and better health.