The Vibrant Village Foundation

Vibrant Village ecuador works within multiple communities in The northern highlands. Our objective is to enhance agricultural productivity and increase families' intake of nutritious foods. Bio-intensive gardening is extended across The communities by knowledgeable staff. Families receive training in planting, harvesting and seed preservation for their backyard/kitchen gardens. This program also includes a large senior center, arts education for at-risk youth, and irrigation projects to support The larger community.

Vibrant Village kenya works in The lake victoria region of western kenya. This program focuses on farm input credit, advanced teacher training, tutoring programs for primary school students, a farm cooperative, adult education. The farm input program reached almost 1500 people, increasing their yields and profits. The teacher training reached 26 teachers impacting over 300 pupils. The tutoring program targeted 550 under-performing primary school students, and was conducted by 89 high school students who gained leadership skills. The agricultural cooperative has 70 members and is on its way to becoming self-sustaining. The adult education component focuses on literacy and numeracy, in addition to basic computer classes.

Vibrant Village ghana works in The upper west region of ghana to address key issues of water access, sanitation and hygiene, and access to gardens. We work to construct and repair boreholes, providing 12,833 (cumulative) people with access to clean water. We trained communities and households in hand washing and sanitation practices. This education was also extended to 24 schools. We expanded our dry-season gardens to include 4 community gardens.

The organization makes loans to farmers including seed or tools which The organization charges a small amount of interest on to The farmers. The interest charged is used to go back into The program to purchase more seed or tools so that more loans can be made to additional farmers.