The visit also allowed Ambassador Barks-Ruggles to participate in a Farmer Field School demonstration of kitchen gardens.The Ambassador distributed garden and kitchen tools to community members and helped serve a nutritious lunch to participating children.
访问期间,Barks-Ruggles大使还参加了一个农民田间学校的示范果菜园。大使向社区成员分发菜园和厨房用具,并帮忙给参与活动的孩子分发营养午餐。
The U.S. Embassy in Kigali awarded a 250,000 dollars (RwF 210 million) grant to Francois-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Rwanda in September to improve nutritional behaviors as well as water sanitation and hygiene and to combat malnutrition in all 14 sectors of Huye.
9月,美国驻基加利大使馆向卢旺达弗朗索瓦—泽维尔·拜格诺德公司(FXB)捐赠25万美元(约2.1亿卢比),用于改善Huye县下属全部14个乡的营养行为、饮水卫生和卫生状况,减少营养不良问题。
The project is expected to assist 53,000 children under the age of five and 10,000 pregnant and lactating women.It will also promote male engagement in the nutrition of their children. The project started in Gishamvu sector in October and will be completed in 2019.
该项目预计将帮助5.3万名五岁以下儿童及一万名孕妇和哺乳期妇女。项目也将促进男性参与到改善子女营养的行动中来。该项目于10月从Gishamvu乡开始,将于2019年完成。
This program is part of the U.S. Government-wide approach to accelerate progress in nutrition. Through USAID-funded programs, such as Community Health and Improved Nutrition and Feed the Future, the U.S. Government is helping strengthen and expand community-based nutrition programs to prevent undernutrition in young children and in pregnant and lactating women, as well as to promote agricultural productivity across Rwanda.
该项目是美国政府加快推进加强营养进程相关工作的一部分。通过美国国际开发署资助的项目——如社区卫生与营养改善项目、以及未来粮食保障行动计划,美国政府正在帮助加强和扩大以社区为基础的营养计划,防止幼儿、孕妇和哺乳期妇女出现营养不良的情况,同时促进卢旺达的农业生产力。
The United States is proud to work with its partner Rwanda to help meet the critical nutritional needs of the Rwandan people.
美国很骄傲能与卢旺达合作,助力解决卢旺达人民至关重要的营养需求。