Save The Pastoralist Initiative
Lebasha Lucia Epur, founded Save The Pastoralist Initiative to improve the nomadic Turkana community’s way of life through dry land agriculture. Save the Pastoralist will build a demonstration farm where women and children will learn and practice sustainable agricultural techniques, thereby reducing deaths due to hunger and malnutrition, reducing reliance on external food sources, and […]
Lebasha Lucia Epur
Lucia is a Kenyan Master Card Foundation Scholar and a student at EARTH University in Costa Rica, where she studies a Licenciature degree in agriculture, equivalent to a B.Sc.(Ag. ). Moved by the effects of hunger in Kenya´s northern regions she obtained a greater passion for agriculture, especially for the Arid and semi-arid lands. She […]
Andy Chen
In spring 2015 in Tanzania, Andy Chen studied East African cultures, languages, history, and politics, especially in the context of wildlife conservation, political ecology, and the environment. Following further study of Swahili under his friend and project partner Leonard Kilekwang, Andy has developed an advanced grasp of Swahili language and has further explored cultural aspects of […]
Tecnosafi
Andy Chen and Leonard Kilekwang co-founded Tecnosafi to communicate information on the prevention of waterborne diseases to residents of Chepareria, Kenya using a text message list-serve. Through the use of mobile device based education, Tecnosafi will decrease incidences of typhoid and cholera, and also increase quality of life and knowledge of disease prevention.
Leonard Kilekwang
Leonard Kilekwang was born and raised in Chepareria, and therefore has a direct connection to the culture, local leaders and resources that will be critical for Tecnosafi. Prior to college, he taught in Chepareria Mixed Secondary School for two years. In 2011, Leonard helped World Vision, Kenya to carry out research on water hygiene and […]
The Gifted Farmer
Lusekelo Nkuwi is the founder of The Gifted Farmer, a social venture he will launch in Tanzania to provide rural farmers with critical weather and crop price data, entrepreneurship training, and a business plan competition. Through the Gifted Farmer, Lusekelo will help farmers improve crop production, increase and diversify income, build wealth, and create new […]
Lusekelo Nkuwi
Lusekelo Nkuwi is a senior at Kentucky State University. He is passionate about Agriculture, youth empowerment and public health. At African Leadership Academy, he co-directed Grow Green Itsuseng, a community garden that produced healthy food for the poor communities in the outskirts of Johannesburg. This past summer, Lusekelo interned with Harvard School of Public Health […]
Komaale Initiative
Gervase founded The Komaale Initiative to provide a year-round farming opportunity for vegetable farmers along water-ways in the Wa Municipality of North West Ghana, where the crop-friendly rainy season lasts only four months. Komaale will provide subsistence vegetable farmers with streams of income throughout the year, and create employment opportunities for youth through rice farming. […]
Gervase Adams
Gervase Adams is a student of Ashesi University College class of 2017, studying BSc in Business Administration. Gervase is passionate about youth empowerment and agriculture. He is from the upper west region of Ghana where his people mostly rely on subsistence rain fed agriculture. He is currently working on the Komaale initiative in his region […]
Charlene Kormondy
Charlene received a B.S. in Environmental Studies, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Central Florida in 2014. While at UCF, she conducted undergraduate research on climate change impacts on the Caribbean. As a participant in the President’s Scholars Study Abroad Program, Charlene constructed a shade house on the island of St. Kitts in which […]
