Rwanda – NICE

Empowering Communities Through Nutrition: Aline’s Journey with the NICE Project

by Cornelia SpeichCase Studies Rwanda, News, Rwanda September 9, 2024September 9, 2024Comments are Disabled

The Nutrition in City Ecosystems (NICE) project is transforming lives by improving nutrition and promoting healthier diets through locally-led actions. Across six secondary cities in Rwanda, Kenya, and Bangladesh, NICE works closely with local communities to connect consumers with farmers who produce food sustainably. The following story of Aline Ayingeneye and her son is a …

Rwandan NICE Team Trained on Gender Aspects

by Cornelia SpeichRwanda July 24, 2023September 15, 2023Comments are Disabled

On 14Jul2023, the NICE Project held a training on “Gender aspects in project planning and implementation to strengthen the team’s capacity in integrating gender aspects into project planning and implementation” at Lemigo Hotel in Kigali. NICE city coordinators, Farmers’ hub officers, Districts focal persons, and other community representatives involved in project interventions in Rubavu and …

NICE hosting a Breakfast Partner Side Event at Women Deliver 2023 in Kigali on “Empowering women as change agents in nutrition-sensitive food systems”

by Cornelia SpeichNews, Rwanda July 21, 2023July 24, 2023Comments are Disabled

Women play an essential role in food systems, often leading growing, processing, and marketing of food. When women are given equal opportunities to succeed, they can be powerful agents driving economic growth, peace, and improved quality of life. On 19Jul2023, NICE hold an inspiring #Women Deliver 2023 Partner Side Event on “Empowering women as change …

NICE at the 2023 World Congress of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, Nairobi

by Cornelia SpeichNews, Rwanda July 12, 2023July 24, 2023Comments are Disabled

On 12Jul2023, Straton Habumugisha, NICE Country Manager Rwanda, took the opportunity to showcase the NICE project in IALE World Congress‘ special session on Food sensitive planning levers for sustainability: scales and spaces. In the presentation, the numerous dimensions of malnutrition in Western Rwanda and their request for collaborative, multisectoral, social-ecological interventions have been shared with …

NICE in FAO’s Geneva Nutrition Dialogue Series on Urban Food Systems for better diets

by malewisNews, Rwanda June 13, 2022May 31, 2023Comments are Disabled

NICE has been showcased in FAO in Geneva’s Nutrition Dialogue Series on Urban Food Systems for better diets: Latest evidence from the field, held virtually on 21 June 2022 from 11:00 – 12:30 CEST. FAO in Geneva Nutrition Dialogue Series underlines latest developments on Urban Food Systems for better diets | FAO in Geneva | Food and Agriculture …