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Women laughing as a BetterLife trainer teaches beside their sack gardens in Yumbe
Food Security and Climate-Resilient Agriculture

Women’s Climate Resilience in Yumbe

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

Signing the board at the launch of the Women’s Action Circle model in 12 districts
Food Security and Climate-Resilient Agriculture

Green Leaf Platforms Uganda

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

A farmer walking through a banana plantation at BetterLife Agro Tourism Farm
Food Security and Climate-Resilient Agriculture

BetterLife Agro Tourism Farm

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.

A facilitator leading a school climate club session
Climate Education and Youth Leadership

Green Libraries, Eco Labs and School Climate Clubs

Schools in Uganda

Green Libraries and Eco Labs give learners books, digital resources and practical environmental activities, from school gardens and tree planting to plastic banks, debates and public speaking. More than 4,500 students have taken part.

Climate Education and Youth Leadership

Apala One Stop Youth Centre

Alebtong, Uganda

In Alebtong, the Apala One Stop Youth Centre gives young people a place to read, use computers, learn digital skills and develop ideas. It opened in December 2023 with ten computers and more than 3,000 books.

A man adding a bottle to a plastic bank
Clean Energy, Water and Restoration

BetterLife Renewable Pathways

Uganda

We work with schools and communities on waste separation, plastic banks, recycling and the responsible reuse of materials. Four school plastic banks give learners a practical way to keep plastics out of the environment.

Soil falling from a farmer’s hand in Rukungiri
Digital Tools for Farmers

Soilla

In use in Uganda

Our digital agricultural advisory platform gives farmers soil and crop guidance, climate information, market prices and agricultural services. It is paired with field training, because a phone and data alone do not make a tool useful.

With World Food Programme (engagement on farmer information and data)

Produce listings in the Agribusiness Connekt app on a phone in Yumbe
Digital Tools for Farmers

Agribusiness Connekt

In use in Uganda

Agribusiness Connekt links farmers and small agricultural enterprises to buyers, finance, services and market information, giving producers trained through BetterLife programmes a route from production into longer-term enterprise.

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