The Food Forest is working! Families living in Batwa Hope Village harvested beans - first the beans that create ground cover and then the climbing beans planted where more housing will be created. The Batwa are using every inch of land for housing community or food production. Many plants of various kinds grow right outside the homes at Hope Village. More time is needed to realize the bounty from the trees planted. But already spinach, berries, aloe, avocado, lettuces, beans, small trees...

November 2025 was an amazing month. Our founder and her husband made the trip for the 5th time to Kisoro. During that month the food forest produced its first harvest - women from the Mikiingo tribe took home food from the ground at Batwa Hope Village. The beans were thriving, the spinach was bountiful, strawberries were ready to eat. The homes created with Batwa hands, had stood empty for several months. We didn't know what was causing their fear of moving. As with every program, we needed...

The Batwa of Kisoro Hill have been unable to find work and unable to sell their goods produced. Severe discrimination is the reason for...