Dig In & Build With Us
What happens when young people have to choose between staying home and getting ahead?
Right now, that choice is real. Finish school, learn a trade, start a business—none of this happens in rural Uganda. So people leave. The talented ones, the ambitious ones, the ones who could change everything.
Communities get smaller. Skills get lost. The same problems stick around year after year.
We’re digging in to build something different.
By 2030, we’re creating Uganda’s first fully community-owned Empowerment Center and Demonstration Farm. A place where people can actually learn trades, practice new farming techniques, and get the business training they need—without packing up and leaving.
This year, we start with the basics:
- Classrooms that work (with actual desks)
- Clean water (borehole drilling begins soon)
- Proper facilities (yes, including toilets)
- Demo gardens (where theory meets soil)
- Real programs (tailoring, business training, agricultural
innovation)
The numbers that matter:
- 300+ community members trained in Year One
- 1,200 annual participants once we hit full stride
- 100% community ownership from day one
No overhead mysteries, just real things people will use every day.
$40 Plant the Seed
Young trees need care to grow strong
Your gift provides the tools that make learning possible—our goal is to acquire 385 pieces of equipment for a fully functioning center.
This giving level helps provide:
- Bricks for classroom walls
- Window frames and doors
- Basic construction materials
- Foundation work for learning spaces
$160 Water the Sapling
Young trees need care to grow
strong
Your gift provides the tools that make learning possible—our goal is to acquire 385 pieces of equipment for a fully functioning center.
- Sewing machines for tailoring classes
- Hand tools for demonstration gardens
- Desks and chairs for classrooms
- Basic classroom supplies and materials
- Garden equipment for agricultural training
$500 Strengthen the Trunk
The trunk adapts and supports all growth
Your investment gives us the materials to respond to needs and strengthen programs where needed—45 supporters provide this backbone.
This giving level helps provide:
- Emergency repairs and maintenance
- Unexpected opportunity funding
- Program launch support
- Materials for urgent projects
- Flexibility to strengthen weak areas
$250 Deepen the Roots
Strong roots sustain the mighty tree
Your gift support powers the essential systems—helping us provide 240 infrastructure items that keep power, supply, and protect our center.
This giving level helps provide:
- Solar panels for reliable electricity
- Borehole drilling and water pumps
- Sanitation facilities and latrines
- Security fencing around the property
- Electrical wiring and connections
$1000 Spread the Canopy
Mature branches shelter the whole community
Your gift creates the spaces where community life flourishes— with a goal of 60 sections that will complete our vision.
This giving level helps provide:
- Market stalls for selling goods
- Playground equipment and safe play areas
- Outdoor learning pavilions
- Community kitchen preparation space
- Benches and gathering areas
- Vendor spaces for local entrepreneurs
Young trees need care to grow strong.
Your gift provides the tools that make learning possible—our goal is to acquire 385 pieces of equipment for a fully functioning center.
This giving level helps provide:
- Bricks for classroom walls
- Window frames and doors
- Basic construction materials
- Foundation work for learning spaces
Young trees need care to grow
strong. Your gift provides the tools that make learning possible—our goal is to acquire 385 pieces of equipment for a fully functioning center.
- Sewing machines for tailoring classes
- Hand tools for demonstration gardens
- Desks and chairs for classrooms
- Basic classroom supplies and materials
- Garden equipment for agricultural training
Strong roots sustain the mighty tree.
Your gift support powers the essential systems—helping us provide 240 infrastructure items that keep power, supply, and protect our center.
This giving level helps provide:
- Solar panels for reliable electricity
- Borehole drilling and water pumps
- Sanitation facilities and latrines
- Security fencing around the property
- Electrical wiring and connections
- Market stalls for selling goods
- Playground equipment and safe play areas
- Outdoor learning pavilions
- Community kitchen preparation space
- Benches and gathering areas
- Vendor spaces for local entrepreneurs
Young trees need care to grow strong.
Your gift provides the tools that make learning possible—our goal is to acquire 385 pieces of equipment for a fully functioning center.
This giving level helps provide:
- Bricks for classroom walls
- Window frames and doors
- Basic construction materials
- Foundation work for learning spaces
Young trees need care to grow strong.
Your gift provides the tools that make learning possible—our goal is to acquire 385 pieces of equipment for a fully functioning center.
- Sewing machines for tailoring classes
- Hand tools for demonstration gardens
- Desks and chairs for classrooms
- Basic classroom supplies and materials
- Garden equipment for agricultural training
Strong roots sustain the mighty tree.
Your gift support powers the essential systems—helping us provide 240 infrastructure items that keep power, supply, and protect our center.
This giving level helps provide:
- Solar panels for reliable electricity
- Borehole drilling and water pumps
- Sanitation facilities and latrines
- Security fencing around the property
- Electrical wiring and connections
- Market stalls for selling goods
- Playground equipment and safe play areas
- Outdoor learning pavilions
- Community kitchen preparation space
- Benches and gathering areas
- Vendor spaces for local entrepreneurs
Mature branches shelter the whole community
Your gift creates the spaces where community life flourishes— with a goal of 60 sections that will complete our vision.
This giving level helps provide:
- Market stalls for selling goods
- Playground equipment and safe play areas
- Outdoor learning pavilions
- Community kitchen preparation space
- Benches and gathering areas
- Vendor spaces for local entrepreneurs
Mature branches shelter the whole community
Your gift creates the spaces where community life flourishes— with a goal of 60 sections that will complete our vision.
This giving level helps provide:
- Market stalls for selling goods
- Playground equipment and safe play areas
- Outdoor learning pavilions
- Community kitchen preparation space
- Benches and gathering areas
- Vendor spaces for local entrepreneurs
For $250, get a permanent spot on our donor wall. Your leaf becomes part of the story people tell about how this place came to be. Real impact. Real recognition. Real legacy.
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