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This year was not without its challenges. Rising inflationary pressures, intensifying food insecurity, and increasing impacts on agriculture due to the changing climate are some factors affecting the world, especially the most vulnerable. But at Raising The Village (RTV), what keeps us going is our inspiration and the will to face those challenges head-on and [...]

In many last-mile communities, access to quality agricultural inputs makes it difficult to harvest high yields. To help ultra-poor communities address this challenge, Raising The Village introduced the seed pass-on methodology, a cost-efficient development approach that is both sustainable and community-building in its approach to ensuring all households have access to quality seed. Bonny Ocen [...]

In a small town almost 2 hours away from Rukungiri’s main town, we drove around the towering hills to get to Kiteme village.  “You are most welcome,” said Georgina as soon as we arrived in her compound. She quickly poured us some water and “obushera” a very popular local drink in the area made up [...]