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.

2026
Video WLKY

June 27, 2026 · by Jennifer Baileys

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.

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Video WAVE3

May 20, 2026 · by Jeremy Mertz

Gate 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 WAVE3
2024
Video WHAS11

August 26, 2024

Gosheni 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 WHAS11
Video WLKY

August 26, 2024

It’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.

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Video WDRB

August 26, 2024

Louisville 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 WDRB
Earlier coverage
Article Sierra

November 9, 2016 · by Rachel Shulhafer

Refugees 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 Sierra
Article WDRB

2022

Vision 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 WDRB
Video WDRB

2022

Local 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.

Watch on WDRB