If local farmers have the knowledge and ability to feed their families and communities, why can’t they? Because our misguided food aid programs and trade policies force them to compete with big businesses that destroy local food production. Help us change this by supporting AJWS’s Fighting Hunger from the Ground Up campaign for food sovereignty in Africa, Asia and the Americas.

Lambi Fund supports cooperatives in Haiti that sustainably produce food for local communities and generate income year after year. Tell your representative that aid for Haiti must support local farmers, like Lambi Fund, not agribusiness and shipping interests.

Food Forever: The AJWS Food Justice Blog

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Watch this video to learn more about how Fighting Hunger from the Ground Up is putting food production back in the hands of local communities.

Where we work

Use this interactive map to discover AJWS grantees all over the developing world that are fighting hunger from the ground up! Click on the icons to learn more about grassroots groups that are working hard to make a real difference in the fight against global hunger.

Please note: this map represents only a small selection of AJWS grantees on the ground. Additional groups are continually being added.

Uganda Orphans Rural Development Programme

Providing nutritional, educational and vocational support to families affected by HIV/AIDS in Uganda

0.314269 32.572871

UCODET

Providing training in sustainable agriculture livelihoods for families affected by HIV/AIDS in Uganda

1.08071 34.167431

Lady Mermaid's Bureau

Promoting the health and human rights of sex workers in Kampala through nutrition and access to treatment

0.314269 32.572871

FOC-REV

Strengthening HIV/AIDS-affected communities by promoting agriculture and enhancing food security in Uganda

0.455421 34.01865

Development Center for Children and Community Network (DCCCN)

Building the capacity of communities to claim their land rights in Thailand

18.7370307 97.87216

Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF)

Supporting the development of a sustainable land use management plan in Thailand

18.7964642 98.6600586

Project For Ecological Awareness Building (EAB)

Promoting sustainable development of coastal areas in Thailand

8.0445982 98.7763441

Northern Development Foundation (NDF)

Helping communities advocate for land rights and sustainable resource management in Thailand

18.7964642 98.6600586

Coordination Committee on Natural Resource Management of Surattanee

Helping marginalized communites advocate for land rights and natural resource management in Thailand

8.9034051 99.0128926

Andaman Resources Restoration (ARR)

Protecting and sustaining communities and natural resources in Thailand

7.9843109 98.3307468

Worldview Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan community organizations in local realization of the Millennium Development Goals

6.872979 79.941351

Centre for Human Rights and Community Development (CHRCD)

Integrating sustainable agriculture with child development and human rights programs in Sri Lanka

7.873054 80.771797

MaAfrika Tikkun

Providing nutritional support for orphans and vulnerable children in South Africa

-26.201452 28.045488

Grupo de Trabajo Racimos de Ungurahui

Providing legal and technical assistance to indigenous peoples working to protect the environment and defend their land rights in the Peruvian Amazon

-11.9928848 -76.964306

Fundacion Red Nicaraguense de Comercio Comunitario (RENICC)

Helping rural farmers generate income from the sale of their crops and products in Nicaragua

12.14746 -86.27339

Cooperativa de Ahorro y Credito Caja Rural Mano a Mano

Providing women farmers with micro loans to cultivate grains for food security and income generation in Nicaragua

13.33465 -85.37099

Unión de Comunidades Indígenas de la Zona Norte del Istmo (UCIZONI)

Defending indigenous land and resource rights in Mexico

17.066013 -96.71705

Otros Mundos, A.C.

Helping indigenous communities manage water, energy and forest resources sustainably in Mexico

16.7385777 -92.6332806

El Hombre Sobre la Tierra (HST)

Organizing farmers to exchange seeds and ideas in Mexico

20.7098786 -89.0943377

Centro De Derechos Indigenas Flor y Canto, A.C.

Training indigenous small-scale farmers on sustainable water management in Mexico

17.066013 -96.71705

Capacitacion, Asesoria, Medio Ambiente y Defensa del Derecho a la Salud A.C. (CAMADDS)

Promoting reforestation and agricultural diversity to reverse land degredation in Mexico

16.1400945 -92.7779813

Committee for Peace and Development Advocacy (COPDA)

Empowering local farmers to address the ongoing food crisis in Liberia

6.300774 -10.79716

Sourcenet 2000 Plus Development Organization

Promoting nutrition and agricultural training for HIV-affected women in Kenya

-1.274359 36.813106

Kisumu Medical Education Trust (K-MET) Improving the nutrition of people living with HIV/AIDS and reducing malnutrition in children in Kenya

-0.09516 34.74733

Vana Niketan

Building the capacity of local tribal organizations to self govern and pursue sustainable development

19.7514798 75.7138884

Society to Train and Educate People's Participation in Development (STEP)

Defending tribal and Dalit communities' right to land and sustainable livelihoods

17.5012356 78.5433701

Society for Rural, Urban and Tribal Initiative (SRUTI)

Strengthening communities' ability to advocate for water rights in India

28.635308 77.22496

Society for Poverty Action Network (SPAN)

Working to increase market access for tribal people to sell non-timber forest products in India

13.21139 79.094856

Regional Centre for Development Cooperation (RCDC)

Empowering local communities to advocate for better policies to manage forest resources in India

17.0477624 80.0981869

Nirman

Promoting sustainable livelihood activities among unorganized construction workers in India

19.7514798 75.7138884

Keonjhar Integrated Rural Development & Training Institute (KIRDTI)

Helping community leaders advocate for land rights and forest protection against government and corporate sectors in India

20.2375561 84.2700179

Gramin Yuva Abhikram (GYA)

Defending mineral-rich indigenous territory from illegal land encroachment in India

21.24205 81.640839

Elgar Pratishthan

Protecting land and home for tribal communities in India

19.7514798 75.7138884

EcoNet

Defending the land and economic rights of tribal and forest-dwelling communities in India

19.7514798 75.7138884

World Neighbors

Haiti is helping local groups implement isustainable agriculture in their communities

18.539269 -72.336408

Oganizasyon Gwoupman Peyizan pou Devlopman 8eme Seksyon Kominal Akaye (OPD8)

Protecting access to clean water in Haiti

18.539269 -72.336408

Mouvman Peyzan Bayone 2eme Section Communale des Gonaives (MPB)

Improving acess to clean water in Haiti

18.539269 -72.336408

Mouvman Peyizan Rankit (MPR)

Promoting sustainable agriculture through training and seed banks and support women's income generation through microcredit programs.

18.539269 -72.336408

Mosquitia Pawisa Apiska (MOPAWI)

Building the capacity of indigenous associations to cultivate renewable forest products in Honduras.

14.0820537 -87.2062849

Zanmi Lasante (Partners in Health)

Working with community groups and local farmers to combat poor health and malnutrtition in Haiti

18.9344978 -71.9949616

Union Verapacense de Organizaciones Campesinas (UVOC)

Dedicated to securing land rights and reversing the history of oppression against indigenous and minority peoples in Guatemala

15.37402 -90.424629

Red Alternativa de Intercambio Solidario (RAIS)

Helping small-scale agricultural and artisan producers generate income from their products in Guatemala

14.624795 -90.532818

Frente Petenero Contra Represas (FPCR)

Protecting indigenous communities' rights against the expansion of hydroelectric dams in Guatemala

16.9 -89.9

Comité Campesino Del Altiplano (CCDA)

Working to meet the needs of rural communities through organizing, advocacy, women’s leadership, land rights defense and commercialization of local farmers’ products in Guatemala

14.77312 -91.183037

Comite de Reconstruccion y Desarrollo Economico y Social de Comunidades de Suchitoto (CRDESC)

Creating a milk production cooperative to provide income to rural communities in El Salvador

13.8342432 -88.719322

Asociación Agropecuaria de Mujeres Rurales Produciendo en la Tierra (AMSATI)

Empowering women to farm for a sustainable future in El Salvador

13.706881 -89.20181

Asociacion Agropecuaria Salvadoreña (AGROSAL)

Increasing food security by supporting women in diversifying crops and raising livestock in El Salvador

13.706881 -89.20181

Asociacion Centro Nacional Salud Ambiente y Trabajo Agua Viva Censat Agua Viva (CENSAT)

Protecting the lands rights of indigenous communities against challenges from mining corporations in Colombia

4.609866 -74.08205

Human Rights Vigilance of Cambodia (HRVC)

Vigilance of Cambodia Increasing rural Cambodian communities' capacity to claim and defend their land rights

11.5682127 104.8688126

Highlander's Association

Building the capacity of indigenous communities to manage their natural resources sustainably in Cambodia

13.8576607 107.1011931

Action For Development

Working with subsistence rice farmers to combat increasing landlessness, promote sustainable natural resource management, and expand access to health care, and education and a just legal system in Cambodia

11.99141 105.465401

Consejo Regional Tsimane Mosetene - Pilon Lajas (CRTM)

Protecting indigenous peoples' land rights, promiting sustainable development, natural resource management and environmental protection in Bolivia

-14.3782747 -65.0957792

Asociación Departamental de Regantes y Sistemas Comunitarios de Agua Potable de Santa Cruz (ARECRUZ)

Advocating for the right of all people to have access to clean water in Bolivia

-16.7476037 -62.0750998

Norkor Phnom Community Empowerment Organization (NPCEO)

Teaching peasants to defend their land and pracitce sustainable agriculture and rural development in Cambodia

11.99141 105.465401

GREEN Senegal Tripling the output of small-scale farmers in Senegal

14.8047 -16.924339

Lambi Fund of Haiti Sowing the seeds of independence

18.971187 -72.285215

Asociación Cooperativa “Marta González” (ACAMG) Promoting the economic autonomy of Salvadoran women

13.3288256553976 -88.74069213867188

Association for Women’s Agricultural Produce on Earth (AMSATI) Empowering women to farm for a sustainable future in El Salvador

13.794185 -88.89653

Association for Community Development of the Cienaga Grande (ASPROCIG) Restoring food security through ingenuity and tradition in Colombia

8.4029253 -75.8998674

Kilili Self-Help Project (KSHP) Investing in local farmers in Kenya

-1.274359 36.813106

Asociación de San Isidro Cabanas (ASIC) Supporting access to clean water in El Salvador

13.8648288 -88.7493998

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