FaMoja

In 2 sentences:
“FaMoja” (from the Kiswahili “familia moja,” meaning “one family”) is an educational and empowerment initiative in Central Kenya that combines regenerative agriculture, indigenous knowledge, youth development, and local value creation. The goal is to work together with farmers and young people to identify and implement concrete ways for a community to strengthen its own resources, restore soil health, generate income, and regain independence.

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WHY FAMOJA?

Wanjiku’s grandmother was a farmer. In her entire life, she never bought a single seed or spent money on pesticides. Seeds were traded, and pesticides were made at home.

Wanjiku’s mother is also a farmer. For each new season, she buys seeds, along with the recommended liquid fertilizer and chemical pesticides—without which her corn plants won’t grow. Even so, it’s still not certain whether she’ll be able to harvest anything in the end. Droughts and floods are becoming more frequent.

And Wanjiku?

She believes that farming isn’t worth it—it doesn’t even feed the family anymore. She definitely doesn’t want to become a farmer.

But what alternative does she have?

When the old seems to have no future and the new brings no real independence, one thing remains above all else: helplessness.

About a village, a commuity and its soil

Wanjiku’s story is not an isolated case.

In many rural communities in Kenya, traditional knowledge about plants, seeds, and agriculture still exists to some extent—yet at the same time, it is rarely put into practice. Genetically modified seeds, toxic pesticides, and monocultures dominate agriculture in a region that is particularly heavily exploited by Western influence.

“Innovative methods” promise higher yields and rapid progress, but they leave behind more sick people, depleted soils, contaminated water, and hardly any financial profit for the farmers, who make up 90% of the village population.

But what if progress could look different?

A Region without future?

What if a community could become more independent again by relying once more on what it already possesses—its seeds, its knowledge, its plants, its soil, and its people?

What if agriculture didn’t just produce crops, but also restored soil health and brought back biodiversity? What if what grows right on their doorstep provided not only food, but also medicine, income, and new opportunities?

And what if young people could once again see a future in their own community?

FaMoja was born out of these very questions.

FaMoja brings together various areas, all focused on the same goal: a healthy, independent, and sustainable village community.

Learn more below about our farm, our village store (“Healthy Hub”), our farmer's training programs, and our youth empowerment programs:

What if...?

Farm, Village Store, Farmer's Trainings & Youth Programmes