Where the work takes root

Green Leaf Platforms Uganda

Model launched in 2026

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

BetterLife SPRING

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.

BetterLife Agro Tourism Farm

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.

RISE

RISE brings refugees and host-community members into the same training groups and local economy. Participants learn practical trades, then receive mentorship, business support, market connections and access to small loans, building relationships as they train, save and trade together.

• 78%Moved into sustainable income pathways
• 85%Reported improved refugee-host relations
• 40%Fall in food insecurity

Green Libraries, Eco Labs and School Climate Clubs

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.

• 4,500+Students engaged through school climate education
• 20+Green Libraries and Eco Labs supported

Apala One Stop Youth Centre

Opened December 2023

In Alebtong, the Apala One Stop Youth Centre gives young people a place to read, use computers, learn digital skills, develop ideas and build peace. It opened in December 2023, with support from COMESA, Save the Children and Uganda’s National Youth Council, with ten computers and more than 3,000 books.

• 20Young people trained to manage the hub
• 10Computers when the centre opened
• 3,000+Books
• ~400Young people the centre has space to serve

With COMESA, Save the Children and Uganda’s National Youth Council

Climate Education and Youth Enterprise in Tanzania

Together with FADECO in Karagwe, we use schools, community radio and practical training to reach young people in Tanzania, from Eco Clubs and climate-smart agriculture to reusable sanitary-pad production and liquid soap-making.

• 8,000+Trees planted
• 30,000+People reached through FADECO Radio
• 25+Young entrepreneurs trained in climate-smart and green business

With FADECO, with support from AllPeopleBeHappy

BetterLife Climate Leadership Academy

A virtual academy, supported by Moonshot, that helps young Africans understand climate negotiations, from adaptation and climate finance to loss and damage, and connect them to what is happening in their own communities.

With Moonshot

Climate Innovation Hackathons and Tech Camp

Kakebe Tech Camp 2025: 5 to 19 January

With KaKebe Technologies, a youth-led tech company in Lira, we work on climate innovation hackathons and the Kakebe Tech Camp, where young people learn robotics, AI and software and build climate and eco solutions. Camp 2025 trained 257 young people from across East Africa.

• 257Young people trained at Kakebe Tech Camp 2025

With KaKebe Technologies

Soilla

Launched 2023

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)

Agribusiness Connekt

Work continuing in 2026

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.