In the news
Gate of Hope in the news
Reporters have followed the growers at Gosheni for close to a decade now. Here is the coverage in one place. We will keep adding as more comes in.
Media coverage
Where the story has shown up
Local stations and a national magazine have all spent time on the land. Headlines below appear as each outlet published them.
Gate of Hope Ministries in Louisville empowers East African refugees and immigrants through education, support and community
More than thirty years of Gate of Hope in one segment: the education, mentorship, counseling and language support that help East African families build new lives in Louisville and in Rwanda.
Watch on WLKYGate of Hope Ministries highlights their mission and work in WAVE Country
Esperance Ibuka joins Dawne Gee in the WAVE Country studio to talk through the mission and the work across our Louisville and Rwanda programs.
Watch on WAVE3Gosheni Farms Ministries helps African refugees heal from trauma
Filmed at the ribbon cutting the St Matthews Chamber of Commerce hosted at Gosheni, the day water first reached the land. With irrigation running, the growers could finally raise the crops they know best.
Watch on WHAS11It’s therapy: South Louisville nonprofit using farming to help Rwandan refugees
Dr. Pauline Mukeshimana on what tending the land at Gosheni has meant for the families who work it, and how the farm became a place of belonging.
Watch on WLKYLouisville ministry working to create community farm for refugees
Board member Kathy Siegfriedt Wilson shares how the growers are bringing fresh produce back to the Shively area, and how a pump powered by the sun reached the nineteen acres just as the summer heat set in.
Watch on WDRBRefugees Grow Vegetables and Hope in Louisville, Kentucky
The first national story about the families growing food and building community on Louisville’s south side, back when the farm was seven acres off Bicknell Avenue.
Read on SierraVision for new Iroquois housing development leaves community gardens looking for new space
When the Iroquois site was slated for redevelopment, the gardens there had to find a new home. Part of the story that led to Gosheni.
Read on WDRBLocal groups envision creating urban garden, farm in Shively
An early look at the idea for a working farm in Shively, before the land on Lees Lane became Gosheni.
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