Restoring soil and income in Uganda with smallholder farmers
Stay Foundation is a Germany-based nonprofit working with the locally led Stay Alliance in Uganda to help families increase income and resilience while restoring nature. We co-design income-generating programs with social entrepreneurs, link farmers to markets, and organize peer groups for skills and savings. Current focus areas are Organic Cereals and Beekeeping, plus “Stay Trees” – an agroforestry pilot that integrates trees with cash crops and tests practical, low-cost monitoring to explore fair access to future carbon finance. Our long-term vision: enable 1 million people to lift themselves out of poverty with measurable results.
Project story
Stay – Stiftung für multiplikative Entwicklung helps people overcome extreme poverty through locally led, social-entrepreneurial solutions. Since 2016, Stay has worked with LATEK Stay Alliance Uganda, a locally led network of social enterprises, NGOs and CBOs that strengthens community-based organizations and replicates successful development models. The approach combines development work with social business elements, so income generation and financial sustainability are built into the model.
In Uganda, environmental degradation and climate change directly affect rural poverty. Smallholder farmers face droughts, floods, degraded soils, low-quality inputs and limited knowledge of sustainable farming, reducing harvests and income while increasing pressure on natural resources.
Our community-led approach combines poverty reduction with climate-smart agriculture. Through LATEK and its members, farmers receive training in organic farming, soil health, fertilizers and market-oriented production. Stay Tree adds agroforestry through tree planting, intercropping, soil improvement, biodiversity protection and climate resilience.
The model is unique because local organizations identify needs, implement solutions, monitor impact and scale proven approaches across the alliance. LABE connects restoration with income opportunities through market access and value addition, while Stay supports strategy, funding and partnerships and local ownership remains at the center.
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Restoring soil and income in Uganda with smallholder farmers
Stay Foundation is a Germany-based nonprofit working with the locally led Stay Alliance in Uganda to help families increase income and resilience while restoring nature. We co-design income-generating programs with social entrepreneurs, link farmers to markets, and organize peer groups for skills and savings. Current focus areas are Organic Cereals and Beekeeping, plus “Stay Trees” – an agroforestry pilot that integrates trees with cash crops and tests practical, low-cost monitoring to explore fair access to future carbon finance. Our long-term vision: enable 1 million people to lift themselves out of poverty with measurable results.
Project story
Stay – Stiftung für multiplikative Entwicklung helps people overcome extreme poverty through locally led, social-entrepreneurial solutions. Since 2016, Stay has worked with LATEK Stay Alliance Uganda, a locally led network of social enterprises, NGOs and CBOs that strengthens community-based organizations and replicates successful development models. The approach combines development work with social business elements, so income generation and financial sustainability are built into the model.
In Uganda, environmental degradation and climate change directly affect rural poverty. Smallholder farmers face droughts, floods, degraded soils, low-quality inputs and limited knowledge of sustainable farming, reducing harvests and income while increasing pressure on natural resources.
Our community-led approach combines poverty reduction with climate-smart agriculture. Through LATEK and its members, farmers receive training in organic farming, soil health, fertilizers and market-oriented production. Stay Tree adds agroforestry through tree planting, intercropping, soil improvement, biodiversity protection and climate resilience.
The model is unique because local organizations identify needs, implement solutions, monitor impact and scale proven approaches across the alliance. LABE connects restoration with income opportunities through market access and value addition, while Stay supports strategy, funding and partnerships and local ownership remains at the center.
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Location
Uganda
Round 3
Jul 1-21, 2026
Supporting community-led nature projects around the world.
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