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When the rains become unreliable, the first loss may be a crop. What follows can be a loss of income, fewer meals, unpaid school costs and debt carried into the next season.
BetterLife works with farmers, women, refugees and vulnerable households to make food production more reliable. We use demonstration gardens and practical training so that people can see a method working before they risk their own harvest on it.
We also help participants think beyond the harvest. Savings groups, enterprise support, digital information and market connections make it more possible for farming to provide both food and income.
Yumbe, Uganda
Before training began, we spoke with 100 women in Yumbe about how climate pressure was changing their lives. Their answers shaped local-language training, demonstration gardens, seedlings and simple digital tools for refugee, displaced and host-community women.
With Foundation S, The Sanofi Collective
12 districts, Uganda
With Farm Radio International, we connect radio and digital farming content to Women’s Action Circles across 12 districts, so women can discuss what they hear, visit demonstration plots and test practices together in groups they already trust.
With Farm Radio International
South Sudan
In South Sudan, rainfall is becoming harder to predict. BetterLife SPRING combines solar-powered irrigation with training in soil health, crop planning and water management, so farmers, refugees and displaced families can produce more reliably through dry periods.
Rukungiri, Uganda
BetterLife’s working demonstration farm and market link. Farmers learn through solar-powered irrigation, greenhouse farming, beekeeping, dairy and livestock, then have a route to supply produce through BetterLife Agro Tourism Farm Ltd.
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Participants from our training sessions and community groups, speaking in English, French and Arabic. Translations are shown beneath.
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“During the training, I wanted to know what I could grow with the little space I had at home. Seeing the demonstration garden helped me understand where to start.”
« J’avais besoin de voir comment faire, pas seulement d’écouter les explications. Dans le jardin de démonstration, je pouvais essayer et poser mes questions. »
In English: “I needed to see how to do it, not just listen to explanations. In the demonstration garden, I could try and ask my questions.”
«أريد أن أزرع شيئًا نستطيع أن نأكله في البيت. وإذا بقي جزء من المحصول، يمكنني بيعه لتغطية بعض المصاريف.»
In English: “I want to grow something we can eat at home. If some of the harvest remains, I can sell it to cover some expenses.”
Help more families grow food through a dry season: fund demonstration gardens, seedlings and irrigation, or share agronomy expertise.