Uluntu Community Foundation (UCF)

 

Country

Zimbabwe

Organization

Uluntu Community Foundation (UCF)

UCF was founded in 2008 in Bulawayo to provide local solutions to poverty and food and water shortages in this region plagued by drought, deforestation and insufficient government investment in community development. UCF helps women farmers (who represent 70 percent of local breadwinners) make the most of the land and resources and increase their earnings, thereby improving food security.

Project

Food Security for Gwada Community

To promote the human rights and economic empowerment of rural women through a range of services, including facilitating a community vegetable garden, improved irrigation system and provision of agricultural inputs.

Project Grant Amount $20,000
Total Grants Received $40,000
Years Supported 2
Theme Natural Resource Rights and Economic Justice
Population Served People with HIV/AIDS, Women, Youth
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