Harvesting for the family

In a remote village in Rukungiri District, what started as a small step and a group initiative five years ago has grown into a thriving community with coffee farms, apple orchards, and livestock rearing, bringing together 30 individuals to form a strong, cohesive group working collectively for a better future.

Alex now gets much larger harvests from his Irish potato fields and keeps his livestock in shelters closer to home. “We were very poor and would spend days without having a single earning. That made me so worried about my young family,” he recalls. Today, his family eats three meals a day, his children are in school, and he is saving and investing in new livelihood activities.