Access Agriculture has over 6000 farmer lead videos on agroecology in 110 different languages! An amazing resource for farmers around the world.

I worked in Sylhet for 3 months, happy to contribute for these people.

Voy a estar siempre agradecido al ITBA por la excelente educacion y los grandes amigos que hice durante esos cinco anios.

Hive is amazing! I really believe in what they're doing and can see the positive impact for animals and the world. 

We preserve, develop, and promote the assets comprising the Domaine national de Chambord which is on Unesco's world heritage list.

Chambord has aroused admiration and fascination to the world for over 500 years. Placed on France’s first list of historical monuments in 1840, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981, it is one of the most breathtaking construction of the Renaissance. Far from being a residential palace or a hunting lodge, Chambord embodies the values of humanism, inventiveness and human genius.

Preserving this heritage means constantly questioning how it can be made accessible to the widest possible audience. With this objective in mind, each year new developments and innovative projects are presented to visitors, a rich program of events punctuates the life of the estate, and ecological actions are implemented. The estate is also developing a strategy to diversify its own resources, notably by reviving its vocation as a food-producing farm.

Chambord’s projects are structured around four development priorities: Chambord cultural and artistic, Chambord educational and social, Chambord sustainable and agricultural, and Chambord innovative. To support us in this approach, we are looking for partners who share our values and wish to promote them.

American Friends of Chambord

Access Agriculture shares agroecological knowledge through voiced learning videos, digital tools, & scalable training models.

Access Agriculture enables the co-creation and exchange of agroecological knowledge through quality learning videos in local languages using digital tools and innovative scaling models.

Our activities cover four broad thematic areas: Food Systems; Education; Entrepreneurship and South-South Learning.

**Food Systems**

Access Agriculture supports the transitioning to healthy, resilient and just food systems by enabling access to quality learning videos that support agroecology, organic and regenerative agriculture. We blend scientific knowledge with indigenous knowledge and put local voices at the centre of a sustainable food future. Our holistic approach covers climate resilience, agrobiodiversity, nutrition, One Health, food processing, ethical marketing and local governance, empowering communities to make informed decisions from farm to fork that benefit the environment, food security and livelihoods.

Donations will be used to support locally and regionally relevant educational content creation to support healthy food production, processing and marketing.

**Education**

Access Agriculture strengthens primary, secondary, tertiary and non-formal education through smart digital tools, agroecological, and discovery-based learning videos in local languages. We enable intergenerational learning and empower teachers, youth and women. Combined with school gardens, our blended learning approach fosters traditional knowledge, school-community engagement and transformational education. We bridge formal and non-formal systems, nurturing curiosity and life skills essential for a sustainable, inclusive future, and instilling the value of environmental stewardship in the minds of youth.

Financial support will be used to strengthen primary, secondary and tertiary education institutes. We will equip them with solar-powered smart projectors that contain our entire video library off-line, build digital skills of teachers and students, and set up school gardens to enable blended learning. To enable teachers to also use the projector in neighbouring schools, we will also provide them with Buffalo Bicycles.

**Entrepreneurship**

Access Agriculture empowers rural women and youth who lack access to quality education and decent job opportunities to become digitally-equipped agricultural advisors, called Entrepreneurs for Rural Access. Using solar-powered smart projectors, our entrepreneurs bring knowledge on agroecology and organic food production, processing, marketing, value addition and business skills to vulnerable farming communities to help them adapt to climate challenges and grow their incomes. By making knowledge accessible and practical, we stimulate local economies, foster youth engagement in agriculture and strengthen sustainable agri-food systems with a strong focus on equity and innovation.

Donations will be used to support young, rural people, women in particular, to establish thriving enterprises in the food sector.

**South-South Learning**

Access Agriculture, a global leader in quality, curated learning videos, empowers thousands of local organisations through digital tools using artificial intelligence for online and offline last mile delivery in a cost-effective way. By offering content in over 100 local and regional languages, Access Agriculture ensures culturally relevant South-South learning, fostering exceptional accessibility and inclusivity. Through our online platform, solar-powered smart projectors, mobile app and a network of mass media houses, we enable knowledge exchange across borders. 

Donations will be used to make quality educational videos available in more local languages to ensure people in remote areas, who are deprived of learning opportunities, have a chance to improve their livelihoods by getting inspiration from fellow farmers from across the Global South.

Access Agriculture aisbl

Working to end poverty, inequality, and climate change and helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience so countries can sustain progress. As the UN’s development agency, UNDP plays a critical role in helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Donations made here to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP/PNUD) are made on an unrestricted basis.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP/PNUD)

ITBA  Engineering, Technology & Business argentine university. A non-profit achieving proven levels of excellence among graduates.

For more than 65 years, ITBA - Instituto Tecnólogico de Buenos Aires  has contributed to solving the challenges of humanity through a university education recognized for its excellence, the production of scientific knowledge and international collaboration, and outstanding levels of excellence among its graduates.

Thanks to the financial contribution of companies and individuals, scholarships are obtained so that young people  with talent, passion and determination, can study at ITBA.

ITBA invests in people, in the equipment and infrastructure necessary to be at the forefront of technological progress.

The photo that illustrates this space (courtesy of Matt Dahle)  captures ITBA Rocketry Team celebration after successfully launching their hybrid rocket engine entirely designed and built at our labs by a team of 40 students from different careers, teachers and university technicians in record time of 9 months.
Together they developed LANIN a hybrid rocket and became the first Latin American team to launch it successfully with engines using solid and liquid propellants. 
Spaceport America Cup June 2024

 ITBA - Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires

Our mission is to multiply the impact of farmed animal advocates by deepening global connection, collaboration, and coordination. 

**We are building a stronger farmed animal advocacy movement.**

Our theory of change is rooted in the idea that uniting and empowering advocates can unlock value in the movement. We are strong on our own, but we can be stronger, together.

At Hive (formerly Impactful Animal Advocacy), we work towards our mission by cultivating thriving spaces for advocates, enhancing knowledge sharing, and facilitating strategic connections for the movement.

With over 4,000 community members worldwide, we are now one of the largest and most engaged communities for productive discussions and initiatives aimed at helping farmed animals.

We aim to remain responsive to our community's needs, foster an environment of support and effectiveness, and continue strengthening the farmed animal advocacy movement.

**How Your Contribution Helps**

- **$10:** Fund 40 views of our Hive Highlights newsletter, fueling knowledge and action.
- **$50:** Support 47 members in our advocacy community for one month, fostering collaboration and innovation.
- **$200**: Cover the cost of one entire edition of our Hive Highlights newsletter, sharing insights with advocates worldwide.

If you want to make a larger donation, find a donation swap and would like to speak to us 1:1, please contact Sofia at [sofia@joinhive.org](mailto:sofia@joinhive.org?).

If you’d like to donate via **DAF, crypto, stock, or PayPal**, please let **Sofia** know so we can log your gift on Every.org for matching. These methods can take up to a few weeks to appear on the site.

We kindly ask that you **avoid sending checks if possible**, as they take longer to process. If you prefer to give by check, just let us know and we’ll share the mailing details. Thank you!

Hive

The Guatemalan-Maya Center Inc is a nonprofit organization focused on human and civil rights and advocacy.

Our story begins with **Father Frank O'Loughlin**, our Executive Director, whose unwavering dedication to migrant workers spans over 50 years of advocacy and service.

​Father Frank’s journey with the Mayan people began in the early 1980s, when he served as a parish priest in Indiantown, Florida. During this time, he encountered Mayan migrant workers who were not just laborers, but refugees escaping the horrors of the Guatemalan genocide, seeking sanctuary and a new life.

​Before this, in the 1970s, Father Frank was deeply involved in the farmworker movement alongside Cesar Chavez. Inspired by Chavez’s tireless fight for justice, Father Frank worked in solidarity with the United Farm Workers, advocating for fair wages and better conditions for migrant workers. This experience strengthened his lifelong commitment to standing with marginalized communities and fighting for their rights.

In 1992, this powerful connection led to the founding of the Guatemalan-Maya Center. Our mission was clear from the start: to assist, advocate for, and provide services to Maya refugees and others in need, focusing on areas such as education, health, immigration, cultural continuity, and family preservation. We honor and support the Maya culture as we embrace the new environments in which we all live, empowering families to thrive in their new homes.

​Our work has always been rooted in advocacy for the inalienable rights that belong to every human being. We stand for the belief that the Maya, like all people, have the right to spiritually live in peace and dignity.

​What began with a commitment to providing prenatal care for indigenous women in Palm Beach County has grown into a network of support for an ever-evolving community. Over the years, our programs have expanded, addressing the emerging needs of over 1,000 families every month, representing more than 28 countries. With a deep focus on family, we continue to create a place of support, empowerment, and hope, grounded in compassion, solidarity, and a shared commitment to justice for all.

The Guatemalan-Maya Center, Inc

Locally led. The last pot to boil. The last door to shut. A U.S. nonprofit (2024) focused on food, farming & survival in Gaza.

🍲 Gaza Soup Kitchen: Feeding 10,000 People Daily

As famine tightens its grip and markets collapse, Gaza Soup Kitchen is still boiling pots—feeding 1,000 people every day with dignity and determination.

We were the first soup kitchen in North Gaza to lean on local farmers and forage from nature to keep people alive. When others paused, we adapted. When supplies ran out, we improvised.

Today, we operate across 11 kitchens, run a community clinic, and deliver clean water and hot meals to hospitals—even in the hardest-hit zones.

This is survival work, done by people living through the very crisis they’re responding to.

Support the last pots still cooking. 

Gaza Soup Kitchen

MAS promotes justice, dignity and equity by partnering on migrant-identified health, legal, and educational needs.

These are frightening and uncertain times for our migrant neighbors, with heartbreaking reports of masked federal agents raiding workplaces and homes to violently arrest, detain, and deport migrant workers. Increased immigration enforcement is separating U.S. born children from their parents, often without due process or a valid legal basis. Migrant
Advocacy and Support (MAS) partners with migrants to respond to this changing environment by:                                                                                                             

Assisting families in completion of emergency preparedness documents to prepare for the event of one or both parents being separated from their children:                                                       • temporary guardianship                                                                                                           • parental permission to travel,                                                                                                   • power of attorney, and                                                                                                         • authorization to pick up paychecks) 

Helping migrant understand their rights in a changing legal environment and how to respond in an encounter with federal agents. 

Trainings on “How to Speak with Children about Immigration Rights, Detentions and Family Separation” to prepare for the event of family separation.

Training volunteers to meet the needs of migrants.

Providing health, legal and educational referrals to migrants. 

Migrant Advocacy and Support

Invest in agri-business projects where women are visible, lead, and win! 
 

The LadyAgri Impact Investment Hub is a network of International and African professionals supporting women agri-entrepreneurs in Africa and Small Island Developing States. We have experts across 30 African countries.  LadyAgri aims to inspire, disrupt and connect by building strong technical, financial, market access partnerships for women throughout the value chain from farm to fork.  We support women in cooperatives, women led SME's providing them with technical assistance, training, financial advice to strengthen their agri-businesses, build resilience to market shocks through a sustainable production model with high social and environmental standards.  We join forces with innovators, philanthropists, public donors, responsible agri-corporates and the finance sector who are committed to promoting gender smart investment in inclusive agri-value chains and sustainable food systems resilient to climate change.  LadyAgri is focused on developing women's agri-entrepreneurial capacity, accompanying them to bankability so they may win and lead in quality food production, agri-trade and create decent jobs. We promote a social entrepreneurship model targeting social impact on women & girls. We strengthen women's voice & agency throughout agri-supply chains with a specific focus on catalytic commodities: coffee, cocoa, cashew, cassava and food crops.  

LadyAgri Impact Investment Hub ASBL 

Founded in 2008, TGF partners with Cambodian villages for sustainable development and community empowerment to improve livelihoods

Founded in 2008 Temple Garden Foundation (TGF) works in partnership with local villages in Cambodia to improve livelihoods through sustainable development and the empowerment of communities. It supports projects that maximize community participation and minimize external support in four interconnected areas: Water & Sanitation, Health, Children's Education, and Income Generation.



**Our Vision:**

Empowered rural communities building a sustainable future.

**Our Mission:**

To work in partnership with communities to provide the resources and support needed to sustainably build livelihoods.



Over the years, TGF has contributed significantly to essential services, fostering a sustainable and self-sufficient environment in the rural area of Chi Kraeng – an area as big as Singapore. By empowering individuals and communities, we are driving sustainable and inclusive development.

Temple Garden Foundation (TGF)

ALLFED aims to increase the resilience of the world's food systems to global catastrophic food shocks.

The mission of Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED) is to help build resilience to global catastrophic food system failure.

ALLFED seeks to provide practical, affordable, and resilient food solutions so that, in the event of a global catastrophe, governments, industry, and communities can respond quickly and distribute food equitably, saving lives and promoting the continuation of global cooperation.

However, ALLFED currently faces a major funding gap. **We have had to scale back our programs and, without new funding, will need to continue cutting half of our budget in 2026**. This will mean continuing to significantly scale down our programs, including our research output and the ability to support governments in preparing for global food system shocks.

We focus on events, such as large volcanic eruptions, pandemics, and cyberattacks, which could deplete 5% or more of global calorie output, or access to those calories. In such events, the loss of food would likely kill far more people than the catastrophe itself directly.

“Resilient food solutions'' are what ALLFED calls the foods, technologies, and systems that could help everyone survive global catastrophic food failure. ALLFED’s ultimate goal is to feed everyone, no matter what.

ALLFED Institute (Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters)

Friends of Hope (HOPE) is a nonprofit whose mission is to build a nation where every Filipino can achieve their full potential.

HOPE targets the most vulnerable populations to create systemic change in three main service areas, specifically **Education**, **Agriculture/Livelihood**, and **Environment**.

**Education** - HOPE invests in education infrastructure to help turn the tide for millions of Filipino children that rely on public schools to secure their futures. We work with the Philippines' Department of Education and underserved communities across the Philippines to build bright and beautiful public school classrooms for young learners, no matter how remotely located they are. To date, HOPE has constructed 130 classrooms and counting since 2012.

**Agriculture/Livelihood** - HOPE supports some of the most marginalized members of the country – smallholder coconut farmers. We carry out interventions to enrich their livelihoods such as seedling distribution, technical support provision, and building linkages to markets and micro-entrepreneurship opportunities. To date, HOPE’s agriculture programs have enriched the livelihoods of nearly 30,000 farmers and their families through the replanting and distribution of close to 2 million trees.

**Environment** - HOPE implements the Aling Tindera (or women micro-entrepreneurs) program, a market-based solution against the plastic pollution crisis. We engage women micro-entrepreneurs and informal workers to manage collection points, where members of the community can sell their plastic waste. This mechanism provides incremental income to the women, encourages behavior change among households, and helps clean up the environment. Currently, there are over 140+ Aling Tindera sites all over the country, helping address plastic waste management issues in their communities.

Our efforts with our partners are increasingly visible in the country, positioning us as champions for responsible business and social justice. For this, we have received recognitions such as the Grand Prize for Developmental Social Enterprise awarded by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Best New Brand and Best CSR awarded by the Global Bottled Water Awards. We have also gained credibility as an institution for collective impact through our partnerships with organizations like USAID, GIZ, Vita Coco, Gcash, and Century Pacific Food Inc.

Friends of Hope, Inc.

An integrated and sustainable community-based orphan care program, championing the African kinship foster care and education.

1.0 Background of The Mango Tree Kenya (TMTK)

TMTK was established in 2006 with the primary aim of providing integrated community-based support to orphans and families affected by HIV/AIDS in Homa Bay County, Kenya. This region, situated along the shores of Lake Victoria, was one of the hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The devastating impact of the virus left thousands of children orphaned and facing uncertain futures. TMTK was created as a response to this crisis, working towards ensuring that orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) receive the care, support, and opportunities they need to thrive.

The organization envisions "a thriving child in a safe community and a healthy environment" and works toward this vision through its mission: to facilitate mechanisms that guarantee children’s safety, growth, and development within safe communities and healthy environments. This is done primarily through capacity-building initiatives aimed at empowering individuals and communities to take charge of their situations.



1.1 Programmatic Approach

TMTK’s programmatic approach is built on three guiding models: a Community-Based Approach, a Human-Centered Design Model, and a Co-Creation Model. These models allow the communities to be the key decision-makers in addressing their challenges, with TMTK acting as a facilitator. TMTK works through three key programmatic areas:

a) The Mango Tree Orphan Support Trust: This program addresses the immediate needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). It focuses on creating safe, nurturing environments for these children by providing family-based foster care. Additionally, it emphasizes climate-smart agriculture, which reduces the harmful effects of climate change while providing sustainable livelihoods for families.

b) The Mango Tree Education Trust: This program focuses on providing access to quality education for vulnerable girls, survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), adolescent girls, and young women. Through the construction and completion of The Mango Tree Girls School and Rescue Center, TMTK is working to provide a safe and supportive environment for vulnerable girls to access secondary education.

c) Mango Tree Farmers Cooperative: This initiative transforms subsistence farming among OVC caregivers into sustainable agribusiness ventures, allowing families to generate income and improve their livelihoods.

The organization’s projects focus on rural areas in Kenya that have been deeply affected by HIV and AIDS. Poverty, limited access to education, environmental destruction, and resource depletion pose major challenges to these communities, where many children drop out of school after primary education. TMTK also addresses climate change, working to create sustainable solutions for the future.



1.2 Governance Structure

TMTK is governed by a Board of Trustees (BoT) with long-standing experience in various fields. The BoT provides strategic oversight to the organization, while the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), who also serves as the Director, manages daily operations. The organization employs 20 staff members who possess expertise in community programming, education development, and climate-smart agriculture. These staff members are supported by a network of 175 village volunteers.



1.3 Core Values

The organization's core values reflect its commitment to empowering communities and fostering sustainable development. These values include:

Respect and Collaboration: TMTK builds genuine relationships with people who share common goals, respecting local knowledge and expertise. The organization believes rural communities can lead significant changes in their lives, and its work builds on the communities’ solutions.

Accountability and Integrity: TMTK is accountable to the people it aims to assist, as well as to the government and its partners. The organization maintains transparency, strong financial accountability, and honest communication.

Courage and Innovation: TMTK supports communities in challenging the root causes of poverty and advocates for gender equality and child rights. It also protects vulnerable groups from harm.

Sustainability and Empowerment: TMTK’s projects are tailored to meet the real needs of the people, encouraging grassroots empowerment and promoting self-sufficiency. This approach also helps stimulate social responsibility within the community.



2.0 Critical Success Factors (CSFs)

TMTK’s approach has led to several significant achievements:

Community-Based Orphan Care: TMTK has provided community-based care to over 8,000 orphans. This approach, which moves away from institutional orphanages, offers a nurturing environment for the children within their own communities.

Community Sensitization and empowerment: TMTK’s participatory processes have helped change the mindset of local communities. Many now understand the importance of contributing their time and resources toward their own development, care for their children, involved in livelihood improvement and environmental conservation. 

Local Volunteers: TMTK has developed and engaged a group of local champions, including village volunteers and community development support committees. These individuals act as essential links between the communities and project staff.

Alumni Network: Over 4,000 orphans and vulnerable children supported by TMTK have completed tertiary education and are now working in various professional fields across Kenya. They form a formidable alumni network that actively supports TMTK’s work.

Support for Children with Disabilities: TMTK has provided corrective surgeries and education for over 100 children with disabilities, including the blind, deaf, and physically challenged, many of whom have gone on to find employment.



Partnerships: TMTK has developed reciprocal partnerships with organizations such as TMT (UK), Egpaf, LVCT Health, GlobalGiving, and B1G1. These partnerships have provided financial and technical support for TMTK’s programs.

Advocacy Networks: TMTK is a member of various networks, including the Homa Bay Sustainable Development Trust (HOSDET), Lake Region Food Systems Network, and FEMNET, amplifying the voices of vulnerable groups in the community.



3. Key Areas of Intervention

TMTK focuses on five key areas:

a) Family-Based Care: Promotes community-based, family-oriented care for OVC as a better alternative to institutional orphanages.

b) Education and Skills Development: Provides scholarships, builds school infrastructure, and offers vocational training for disadvantaged children, especially girls.

c) Health and Wellbeing: Supports children affected by HIV/AIDS, conducts corrective surgeries, provides sexual and reproductive health education, and offers water and sanitation services.

d) Environment and Livelihoods: Promotes climate-smart agriculture and environmental conservation while supporting alternative livelihoods for vulnerable households.

e) Institutional Capacity Development: Strengthens governance and management structures to ensure organizational sustainability.



4. Achievements 

TMTK’s impact includes:

•	Supporting 8,000 orphans in their communities and transitioned 35 orphans from institutional care to family-based homes.

•	Enabling over 3,000 children to complete their education and graduate with professional and technical skills.

•	Empowering 1,692 farmers with climate-smart agricultural skills.

•	Establishing 1,127 women-led village enterprises.

•	Rescuing over 100 girls from sexual exploitation.

•	Planting over 314,000 tree seedlings as part of its environmental conservation efforts.

TMTK has become a trusted partner in building stronger, self-reliant communities through these interventions.

The Mango Tree Orphan Support Trust

Communicating the best research and data to understand big global problems and make progress against them

Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: The world faces many great and terrifying problems. Our World in Data focuses on communicating the best research and data that helps us understand and find solutions to the world’s largest problems.


Our World in Data publishes an open-access publication where users can understand the state of the world today, where we are making progress and where we are falling behind. Through interactive data visualizations we can see how the world has changed; by summarizing the scientific literature we can understand why. We cover everything from global poverty to natural disasters, education and health, democracy; we have over 13,000 charts across hundreds of topics.


Our World in Data is free, open-source and provided as a public good. It has millions of users every month, and is cited in research and media across the world every day. This allows millions of people to understand the large problems the world is facing, and how we can solve them.

Our World in Data

Not for profit, founded as a 501C3 charity in 2006 in NYC. Providing Health, Education, and Empowerment opportunities.

Our cornerstone project was building East & Central Africa's 1st Public Children's Hospital.  Since opening in 2015, we have treated over 1.3 million kids. The impact does not end there, we have also constructed six public (free-to-attend) schools, a dairy project, a kids community house and more. We also run a vibrant Women's Empowerment Project focusing on agri-biz and domestic violence survivors.  Our latest major project is constructing the first children's cancer hospital in sub-Saharan Africa.

visit our Learn About Us page on shoe4africa.org

Shoe4Africa

Anabel’s Grocery provides nutritious, affordable food for all Cornell students through a student-run grocery store and educational programs that create a fun and empowering...

**Anabel’s Grocery is a student-run nonprofit grocery store that strives to provide nutritious, affordable food to all Cornell students.** Our store is located on Cornell’s campus, eliminating the need for transportation to distant grocers and greatly reducing the time required to shop. Our subsidy fund enables us to partner primarily with local farmers and bakers to sell fresh produce, whole grains, dairy, legumes, nuts, herbs and spices at a low cost, saving our shoppers an average of 20% on their grocery bill. We are also the only venue on campus accepting SNAP-EBT.

Anabel’s is not solely a grocery store—**it is also a learning lab in social entrepreneurship and nutrition education**. We strive to improve food literacy through easy-to-make meal kits, cooking classes, community dinners, and farm tours. We also collaborate with like-minded student organizations to tackle the systemic forces that give rise to food insecurity and racial inequity within our campus food system. Our Anti-racism Action Fund, established from the sale of produce donated to us by Dilmun Hill Student Farm and the Cornell Hydroponics Club, enables us to provide microgrants to campus and community organizations that are working toward a more equitable future. 

However, **Anabel’s relies on financial support** from generous donors like you to continue providing fresh, nutritious, and low-cost groceries for students, ensuring our local partners are fairly compensated, and funding educational programs centered on sustainable food systems. Every dollar truly does make a difference, and we thank you for being part of our community! 

**Where Your Donation Goes**

- **$200** allows us to pay for POS fees.  
- **$150** allows us to buy food and supplies to host a free community dinner for 50 Cornell students, fostering relationships to build an equitable food system.
- **$100** allows us to cover a week’s worth of rent. 
- **$50** allows us to subsidize the order of three regular customers. 
- **$30** allows us to cover one month of fees to accept SNAP/EBT payments.

**Questions or Suggestions?** Email [anabelgrocery@gmail.com](mailto:anabelgrocery@gmail.com).


   

Anabel’s Grocery

At the heart of our Garden Council are 40+ community gardens, each nurturing an ecosystem of health, connection, and resilience. 

With more than 2,000 members spanning diverse backgrounds and neighborhoods, the Los Angeles Community Garden Council is a dynamic force for positive change in Los Angeles. From Watts to Pasadena, Santa Monica to East Los Angeles, our 47 community gardens serve as vital hubs of activity and collaboration, offering access to fresh food, opportunities for education and engagement, organizing smart environmental and community-oriented policy and advocacy, and a shared space for neighbors to connect and thrive.

Join us as we cultivate a healthier, greener, and more resilient city for all. Together, we can sow the seeds of change and cultivate a brighter future, one garden at a time.

Los Angeles Community Garden Council

To promote the creative participation in society of those differently abled, through ecological agriculture and expressive arts.

Since our inception we have created opportunities for people of All Abilities to be impactful within our local food system and community.  For our Farmers of All Abilities and their loved ones, we have tried to address the  issue of ‘aging out' of the school system, which often leads to lack of support services, isolation and fear for the future given the difficulties of living with a (dis)ability. At Orkestai our community tends to a no-till garden, pastured poultry, does yoga and other movement exercises and enjoys culinary and art projects. During Overwintering, we spend more time the forest, connecting with nature through shelter building, firemaking, wildlife tracking and more. Donations support our programmming, allowing us to provide year-round wholesome opportunities to be in nature, creating and growing in community.

Orkestai Farm Inc

Nyanam is a restorative justice organization preparing widows to lead positive community transformation.

We are a restorative justice organization, preparing widows to be leaders of positive social transformation in their communities through integrated programs in leadership, health, livelihoods and justice. Our work alleviates widowhood poverty, mitigates the impact of HIV/AIDS, and gives widows the tools to tackle oppressive cultural, economic, and social practices that undermine widows’ dignity and limit their agency. 

Vision 
Africa where widows thrive 

Past and current activities 
Our unit of operation is the leadership circles, which are self-led widow-to-widow support groups that meet on a weekly basis. We also have youth mentorship groups that organize and meet weekly during school holidays. In the leadership circles, widows offer each other spiritual, emotional, and economic support, replacing isolation and loneliness with communities of friendship. These circles consolidate their collective voice to guide the design and implementation of Nyanam’s work. As an organization, we have five main program areas that guide how we engage with Nyanam widows and their children. We use capacity strengthening as the core approach in implementing our programs. Our holistic interventions in leadership, livelihoods, health, justice, and youth education are delivered through our unique curriculum called Voice of Change, a Nyanam’s unique and widow centric training curriculum tailored to respond to the needs and concerns of widows, and uses storytelling, deep listening, and social action as approaches for community transformation. 

Leadership: Widowhood thrusts women into household leadership in patriarchal culture where male headship is valued and expected. We affirm the leadership of widows and harness their potential for community transformation. From the leadership circles, we have trained 640 widows in our various capacities who have in turned trained 780 widows in the same knowledge and skills in their groups. Further, leadership circles conduct Bible studies for spiritual development, personal sharing for emotional support, and table banking for economic development. 

Livelihoods: Our livelihood program has two main components; economic empowerment and sustainable agriculture. We train Nyanam widows in sustainable agriculture, financial literacy, table banking and micro- business skills. We offer them seed funding for their group table banking and businesses, we provide them with vegetable seeds for planting, and new gardening resources (multistorey gardens). 

Health: Nyanam widows' health and well-being is our primary focus. In this program we train our widows in trauma healing, preventative health and counselling. Through our professional and trained counselors, we provide widows with individual and group counseling sessions which support and addresses each widows’ nuanced situation and unique set of challenges, as well as mental health workshops with specific themes at the request of the widows. Further, we have a team of trained community health volunteers that provide monthly health talk sessions in the different leadership circles as well as home visits and health referrals where needed. 

Justice: Access to, ownership and control of land is both a human right and an economic justice for widows. In this program, we raise awareness on widowhood issues and take action to address injustices related to land, housing and widows’ rights. We ensure this through community leaders education and training, conducting conflict resolution sessions among Nyanam widows and their relatives, provide direct legal support to widows who are pursuing their land and property inheritance and succession, provide housing support  by building Nyanam widows dignified houses in partnership with other stakeholders and undertake policy advocacy with different government agencies and policy makers on widows human rights. 

Youth Education: Widows’ children are particularly a population in need of support, as poverty limits the future of both the widows and their families. Guided by our 3-year youth education strategy, we provide capacity training to Nyanam widows children in comprehensive health education, technology and robotics and environmental justice. The training is multiplied in the youth mentorship groups by a group of trained Nyanam youth mentors supported by trained widow matrons. In addition, we provide need based secondary school education sponsorship to widows children to improves student access to secondary education, but also builds students’ communication skills and goal setting through the application and mentorship process. 

In the future we are planning to serve up to 10,000 widows in our region and establish a widow-led cooperative business for financial security and additional income for Nyanam widows improving their financial status and muscles. Further, we seek to expand the work to other communities through training of different partners and stakeholders in our intervention the Voice of Change as a key driver for positive community transformation in the communities of widows. 

Nyanam International

We empower veterans to cultivate purpose and belonging by growing food, community and each other. Your generosity fuels us!

Discover options for [business sponsorship](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fdbb1fec6c9177edb013647/t/67545979206d694fab82eb7e/1733581183202/GV+Sponsor+Tiers.pdf) and contact us to learn more.

Consider a [recurring "Give Monthly" donation](https://www.every.org/growing-veterans?suggestedAmounts=10%2C20%2C40%2C100%2C400&frequency=MONTHLY&utm_campaign=donate-link#/donate) to sustainably support us! Or, [start an online fundraiser](https://www.every.org/growing-veterans/fundraiser) for us!

[Learn more here](https://growingveterans.org/donations) about other meaningful ways to give.

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We are a nonprofit, so instead of charging fees we rely on the generosity of donors like you.