Donate to HHFI
We are your boots on the ground
Your gift goes directly toward changing people's lives. It helps HHFI fight hunger and poverty by giving communities agricultural skills, so more people can live with dignity and hope.
HHFI CEO Osborn Juma with grandmother of student at Iseneto Primary School, Narok.
Teach me to fish
Choose your gift
$80
Buys seeds and sacks to build kitchen gardens for twenty Kenyan farmers.
$250
Trains a farmer group in soil care, vegetable growing, water management, financial literacy and business skills.
$500
Buys materials for a dozen drip-to-drip irrigation kits that water small plots in the dry season.
$750
A year of planting and nurturing a school garden that provides lunches for up to 2,000 students.
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Where your money goes
We are not top-heavy
HHFI's leadership is all volunteer: our President and CEO take no salary. Our Kenyan coordinators are paid for the training they deliver, and everything else goes to the programs.
90%
Programs
Training, seeds, sacks, irrigation kits and demonstration gardens.
10%
Administration
Our administrative costs are low compared with those of most nonprofits.
Why support HHFI?
A small, nimble team with a direct line to Kenya
Low administrative costs
Over 90% of donations go directly to our programming in Kenya.
Direct link to Africa
Your donation is used where it can do the most good: training and support for the people who need it most.
Quick decision-making
Because we are small and dynamic, we can quickly bring new ideas and technologies from research institutions to our participants.
Diverse projects
Recent introductions include drip irrigation, sack gardening, orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, African leafy vegetables, companion planting and homemade organic pesticide.
Your gift is tax-deductible
Helping Hands Farm Initiative, Inc. is a US-registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Contributions are fully deductible to the extent permitted by law. Questions about giving? Write to us at admin@helpinghandsfarminitiative.com.