SOFAFRICA (Spreading Organic Farming in Africa) is a registered non-governmental community based organisation that focuses on ensuring continued learning and practice of Agro-Ecological Agriculture in rural communities for improved food and dietary conditions.
The organisation’s main offices and demonstration center are located at Chuka Township, in Tharaka Nithi County. Founded in 2017 by Simon Murungi, SOFAFRICA is currently working in various counties Tharaka Nithi County, Meru County, Nairobi County, and others on consultancy extension outreach services around the country and within East Africa.
Simon says, “I am an organic farming trainer having founded SOFAFRICA. I am passionate about Agro Ecological Regenerative Agriculture and Rural Development as a viable and sustainable approach to turn around smallholder agriculture from mere subsistence farming to a more commercial enterprise. As a champion and advocate of Organic market Enterprises and Agribusinesses, I want to create employment in the rural areas through value addition and reverse the rural to urban migration.”
SOFAFRICA has a vision to provide economic opportunity through innovation, helping rural Kenyans to thrive; to promote agriculture production that better nourishes Kenyans/Africans while also helping to feed the world; and to preserve the nation’s natural resources through conservation, restored forests, improved watersheds, and healthy private working lands in line with the sustainable development goals.
SOFAFRICA’s objectives are weaved into the following:
- Alleviate the impact of chronic illnesses including HIV and AIDS, Drug Abuse through provision of evidence based interventions among the targeted.
- Develop to full capacity the African child in order for them to contribute effectively towards national development.
- Design and implement interventions that shall significantly improve the lives of vulnerable communities in Kenya/Africa.
- Promote community development through innovative approaches deployed in various targeted communities for the benefit of the marginalised people.
- Advance the rights and freedoms of vulnerable groups through lobbying and advocacy.
- To equip the smallholder farming community including young farmers with the ability to be self-reliant and food/ nutrition secured in an ecologically sound way, and where possible to produce surplus and add value for effective marketing.
- To ensure that continuity of ecological farming practice and information spread through farmer to farmer learning and interaction is happening extensively in all communities where SOFAFRICA works.
- To complement and actively participate in appropriate networks for information exchange and advocacy at all level.
- To mentor young up-coming school leavers and professionals on the need to be independent and uphold good morals.
- To train the community in small scale entrepreneurship for wealth creation/self-reliance.
- To influence the community and other well-wishers on the need to help the Orphaned and Vulnerable Children by providing education and other basic needs.
- To conduct baseline survey in order to facilitate impact assessment exercise of our laid down projects.
- To establish SOFAFRICA as a relevant, well organised, motivated and adequately resourced organization doing high quality work.
- Environmental conservation initiatives.
Some of SOFAFRICA’s achievements:
- 250 vulnerable children reached under schools gardening and feeding programs
- 500 Trees Nurseries Established in schools and local groups
- 50 people living with HIV&AIDS reached with small livestock revolving project for food security and economic empowerment/entrepreneurship.
- 2000 Farmers trained on sustainable agro ecological agriculture and environmental conservation
- 50 indigenous community seed banks established
- Engagement with community-based child care centers/orphanages.
- Partnerships with government ministries, learning institutions like colleges and universities
- Products value addition initiative
- International Volunteer programs initiative
- Launch of SOFAFRICA coffee camps for eco-tourism and cultural exchanges
- Local community Table Banking to enhance economic empowerment
- Community Library
- Research on spirulina and value chain
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