Fatuma with her baby in her failing crop field

Help families like Fatuma’s fight hunger this autumn

Name: Ripple Effect
Price range: $

Raised: £38516 Target: £40000

In Kenya, farming families are living on the front line of the climate crisis. Farmers like Fatuma are experiencing up to 25% crop damage each year due to erratic weather conditions. This is leading to food scarcity and a severe loss of income, driving families into extreme poverty.

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Fatuma lives in Kwale county, along Kenya’s coast. Historically, this region experiences two distinct rainy seasons: April to June and October to December. However, this weather pattern has now become unpredictable, with periods of heavy rainfall and prolonged drought.

When the crops fail, families like Fatuma’s are unable to grow enough nutritious food for their children to eat. Fatuma worries about providing her family with a healthy balanced diet, as her crops are either scorched by extended periods of drought or carried away by heavy rains.

“In recent years, there have been changes in the weather with excessive rainfall, and the crops we planted were washed away”

Fatuma, Ripple Effect farmer, Kenya

But when a family works alongside Ripple Effect, it doesn’t take much to help change their future.

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Meet Elizabeth, who lives with her family in Migori, west Kenya. Since joining Ripple Effect in 2020, life has improved for Elizabeth and her family. They now eat healthy nutritious food every day, and her children can go to school.

“Ripple Effect has empowered me as a woman... I work on my farm and earn money and now I have a voice. I save 4,000 Kenyan Shillings monthly and this has enabled us to educate our children with ease. We are eating well. Thank you, Ripple Effect.”

Elizabeth, Ripple Effect farmer, Kenya.

As soon as Elizabeth received her training in sustainable organic farming, she set to work planting a variety of fruit and vegetables, including poverty-busting pineapples. She now has many sources of income which makes her more resilient to the erratic weather conditions she faces due to the climate crisis.

With you by their side, mothers like Fatuma will be able to feed their families healthy nutritious food and send their children to school, just like Elizabeth. If you can, please donate today to help farming families like Fatuma’s battle the devastating impacts of the climate crisis.

Here’s how a gift from you could make all the difference:

Two African farmers pose with their harvested fruit

Fruit business growth To help women and young people grow their businesses, farmers like Fatuma will receive support to add value to their produce, turning their harvests into profitable products like dried fruit.

Two African farmers holding their harvested pineapples

Climate resilient seeds To provide families with a sustainable source of income to help break the cycle of poverty, farmers like Fatuma could receive climate-resilient fruit and vegetable seeds such as the poverty-busting pineapple.

A husband and wife crouching beside their tree nursery

Community fruit & veg nurseries To support communities to feed their families, earn a living, and start a ripple effect for years to come, they could receive help to establish fruit and vegetable nurseries that will minimise the effects of the climate crisis.

There are many more farmers like Fatuma who are struggling to tackle the impacts of the climate crisis so they can feed their families. If we don’t act now, these farming families and their children are at risk of going hungry. Will you consider donating today to help families like Fatuma’s?

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As always, thank you so much for your continued generosity. We couldn’t do the work we do without our community of wonderful supporters.

Help families like Fatuma’s fight hunger this autumn

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