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During their year on Kira Farm, trainees learn to heal and to believe in themselves.
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Every year, 50 young people come to Kira Farm
- Each trainee is nurtured by the farm’s incredible team of staff
About Kira Farm
We accept 50 trainees each year
Many Kira trainees have grown up in extreme poverty; some are orphans and some have faced unimaginable hardships and abuse.
Each trainee is nurtured by the farm’s incredible team of staff and inspired to build a brighter future for themselves and others. They come to us without hope for the future and leave full of optimism, ready to transform lives.
During their year on Kira Farm, the Kira farm trainees learn to heal and to believe in themselves. They also learn the skills to transform their own lives and the lives of their families and broader communities.
Before I went to Kira, everything I saw at home looked dead or hopeless. Now I see these same things as an opportunity to improve life for my family and me
Beatrice
Young people come from far and wide to be interviewed for a place at Kira Farm
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Joshua, the farm centre manager, spends many hours talking to potential trainees and assessing their potential to impact not only their lives, but the lives of their broader communities.
Many Kira trainees have grown up in extreme poverty; some are orphans and some have faced unimaginable hardships and abuse.
At Kira Farm, each trainee is nurtured by the farm’s incredible team of staff and inspired to build a brighter future for themselves and others. They come to us without hope for the future and leave full of optimism, ready to transform lives.
A Year on the Farm
Over the course of one year, up to 50 trainees acquire the practical, emotional and life skills to lift their families out of poverty and become catalysts for change in their communities.
On Kira, I learnt to love myself, smiling and feeling beautiful for the first time in my life. Kira gave me hope that I did not need approval from anyone to be whatever I wanted to be in life. I learnt to dream again and plan for a better future.
Every year, 50 young people come to Kira Farm, where their lives are transformed.
Unlock a brighter future
Many of these precious young people have experienced violence, trauma and unimaginable suffering.
Conservation Farming
Despite having access to land, many trainees survive on just one meal a day.
Conservation farming is the bedrock of what we do on Kira Farm. By applying eco-friendly techniques, trainees learn to cultivate crops sustainably and achieve higher yields, so that when they return home they can ensure their farmilies have food security.
The sheer determination and hard work of previous trainees, often in the face of great obstacles, has seen them work their way out of poverty. This change can be exponential, as every young person passes on what they have learnt to their communities.
Vocational training
During the 12-month course at Kira Farm, alongside farming methods, trainees can choose between learning tailoring, hairdressing, carpentry, construction, beekeeping and electrical wiring; they also learn business skills to help them to start their own business.
When a trainee comes to Kira Farm, we ask them to pay a small commitment fee. This helps to ensure their commitment to the programme and shows that they are willing to invest in themselves. The trainees don’t know it when they arrive, but when they graduate, they are given their commitment fee back to them. They are invited to choose between having the money, or having the tools that they need to set up a business using the vocational skills that they have learnt, e.g. sewing machine or building or carpentry materials; at least 90% choose to take the equipment.
Life skills training
We believe in holistic social transformation and throughout the year the trainees complete courses in character development, conflict resolution, health and hygiene, and nutrition.
Many of our students come to us having faced conflict and abuse; through restorative justice, they learn to accept what they have faced and heal broken relationships with family members and their communities.
I have been told that you will be sponsoring my vocational training at Kira Farm this year. Receiving this news has made me feel loved. Thank you so much for your loving heart... I have always dreamt of a place like this, with big hopes for a brighter future.
Patrick
Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM)
combating period poverty and shame
Amigos’ Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) programme has been created to provide women and girls with reusable sanitary products, to educate communities on menstrual health, and combat period poverty and shame.
Long term, the programme will enable girls to go to school all month long, regardless of whether they have their period.
As well as providing affordable sanitary wear to girls who need it most, this programme also provides a potential income stream to Kira Graduates. Trainees are trained in making reusable sanitary packs, which they can then sell at an affordable price within their communities. In addition, community members will be taught how to make liquid soap which can be used for washing clothes as well as general hygiene. It is a win, win situation: trainees earn money, girls can go to school, and communities are educated on hygiene and desensitised to period shame.
Sponsor a trainee on Kira Farm
Trainee sponsorship is a great opportunity for a family, business, church, school or club to directly support a young Ugandan, and witness their journey to a hope-filled future.
You can sponsor a Kira Farm Trainee for £500 a year (£42 a month).
Alongside the knowledge that you are transforming lives, you will:
- receive a photo and profile of a Kira trainee
- be sent monthly emails and photos showing your trainee's progress
- have access to Kira Farm’s email address to stay connected and encourage your trainee
- be able to hold a Zoom or Skype meeting direct to Kira Farm
- have the opportunity to visit Kira Farm
The impact of sponsoring a Kira Trainee is far reaching; upon graduation, most trainees return to their communities where they share their newfound farming and communication skills, set up their own business and employ others.