Integration of HIV/AIDS activities with food and nutrition support in ...

Emphasis on participatory and community-led approaches. Communities should be involved
in establishing the garden, including identifying and preparing the site, and selecting
crops to be grown (based on nutritional value, local suitability and cultural preferences).
Logistics of implementation. Once the site for the garden has been selected, materials (tools,
seeds, inputs) must be obtained and allocated to those charged with maintaining the garden;
supervision systems should also be established.
How would this integrated programme strategy be monitored?
Programme-level indicators Population-level indicators
Input/process Output Outcome Impact
• No. of hospitals/clinics with
demonstration gardens
adequately established
(and % of planned)
• No. of staff adequately trained
for demonstration gardens
(per type) (and % of planned)
• Amount of resources used
(e.g., agricultural inputs, land)
(and % of planned)
• % of targeted facilities
conducting nutritional
education through
demonstration
gardens (and %
of planned)
• % of facilities using
produce from
demonstration garden
for inpatient feeding
(and % of planned)
• % of population
reporting
adequate
understanding
of information
provided through
demonstration
garden
programme
• Cultivation
practices
• Clinical indicators
of mortality,
morbidity and
recovery time
Experiences from the field…
Kala camp, Zambia. In Kala Camp, AAH established a UNHCR-supported demonstration
garden at the Kala clinic (Photo 11). Produce from the garden, including fresh vegetables, is
given to the inpatient feeding programme of the clinic.
Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, Uganda. In the Acholi-Pii section of Kyangwali settlement,
agricultural staff of AAH are establishing a demonstration garden at the Rwenyewawa clinic.
Land has been prepared and seedlings of micronutrient-rich fruit trees have been planted.
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