Regenerating grasslands and water in communities in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
We are an Indigenous woman-led non-profit, who funds Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities living in frontline regions with the biggest potential to address the polycrisis, including remote communities, fragile ecosystems, and areas in conflict. We work in places that others can’t or won’t. Home Planet Fund leverages the power of nature and the stewardship role of Indigenous People and Local Communities. We support a focus on the intersectionality of people and planet, rebuilding local systems, and centering the knowledge of and implementation through Indigenous People and Local Communities. A portion of this work is now called Nature-Based Solutions and Regenerative Agriculture. HPF gives directly to communities to lead and implement projects. Our approach not only recognizes their personal knowledge, institutional memory and experience, but also how to translate and apply regenerative principles in their unique intersectional context of people, culture, geography and history.
Project story
Pastoralist communities steward some of the world’s largest and most important grassland ecosystems — landscapes that function simultaneously as carbon sinks, biodiversity strongholds, and economic lifelines for millions of people. Not to mention the migration pathways for elephants, zebras, and the big cats.
Through locally led practices such as rotational grazing, agrofrestry, rangeland restoration, water management, and anti-desertification efforts, these communities are regenerating degraded land while strengthening climate resilience and livelihoods.
Today, partners across East Africa steward more than 1.6 million square kilometers of land positively impacting 2.25 million people. Their work is increasing soil carbon by 10–30 percent, sequestering an estimated 62 million metric tons of carbon annually — equivalent to the total weight of every wild mammal on Earth — while restoring ecosystems at a fraction of the cost of engineered climate solutions.
In addition to ecological health, economic and human health are part of the holistic approach. For the ecological work to be durable, the local communities need economic alter natives to extractive industries. At the same time, these communities are facing increased health effects due to ecological pressures, such as infectious disease spread, malnutrition, and water scarcity. In East Africa, this looks like community gardens, water purification programs, community savings vehicles and resilience breeding programs for herd animals.
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Regenerating grasslands and water in communities in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
We are an Indigenous woman-led non-profit, who funds Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities living in frontline regions with the biggest potential to address the polycrisis, including remote communities, fragile ecosystems, and areas in conflict. We work in places that others can’t or won’t. Home Planet Fund leverages the power of nature and the stewardship role of Indigenous People and Local Communities. We support a focus on the intersectionality of people and planet, rebuilding local systems, and centering the knowledge of and implementation through Indigenous People and Local Communities. A portion of this work is now called Nature-Based Solutions and Regenerative Agriculture. HPF gives directly to communities to lead and implement projects. Our approach not only recognizes their personal knowledge, institutional memory and experience, but also how to translate and apply regenerative principles in their unique intersectional context of people, culture, geography and history.
Project story
Pastoralist communities steward some of the world’s largest and most important grassland ecosystems — landscapes that function simultaneously as carbon sinks, biodiversity strongholds, and economic lifelines for millions of people. Not to mention the migration pathways for elephants, zebras, and the big cats.
Through locally led practices such as rotational grazing, agrofrestry, rangeland restoration, water management, and anti-desertification efforts, these communities are regenerating degraded land while strengthening climate resilience and livelihoods.
Today, partners across East Africa steward more than 1.6 million square kilometers of land positively impacting 2.25 million people. Their work is increasing soil carbon by 10–30 percent, sequestering an estimated 62 million metric tons of carbon annually — equivalent to the total weight of every wild mammal on Earth — while restoring ecosystems at a fraction of the cost of engineered climate solutions.
In addition to ecological health, economic and human health are part of the holistic approach. For the ecological work to be durable, the local communities need economic alter natives to extractive industries. At the same time, these communities are facing increased health effects due to ecological pressures, such as infectious disease spread, malnutrition, and water scarcity. In East Africa, this looks like community gardens, water purification programs, community savings vehicles and resilience breeding programs for herd animals.
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Location
Kenya