We started at Kiduuzi and Nakatooke villages in Mityana district Uganda, the rural communities of the founder” and this is where I met with Dr. Nakacwa Cissy the co-founder of the project who had come from town to check on her small garden but found nothing as everything from the garden was all stolen by the community people; Says the founder.

My village didn’t have a primary school. Very few people could read and write, A big percentage of our population is illiterate. We didn’t have any prospect for a better future, many children died before they experienced their 5th birthday due to malnutrition and lack of even basic health care.

My village is partly covered by a wetland and farming can only be done on the dry land, many people don’t have space to do farming and this has resulted into food insecurity at the village since those who can’t grow their own food could only survive by stealing from other people’s gardens.

During my studies in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. We worked in the school gardens after our classes. We did this to pay for our school fees, but it helped me learn a lot of garden practices.

In May of last year 2023, I and Dr. Cissy established a food garden on 3 and half acres. we invited people to work with us and we were able to grow some food and some vegetables. We harvested the fruits of our labor and many families survived on the garden we began. We named our first garden the food hamper and indeed it was.

Majority of the people in the local communities don’t have access to education, medication and healthy foods. With support from the friends, we believe we can utilize the resources we have in the community to set up a learning center for children and the community at large to promote education and make our village a happy place.

We created this Groundwork to help the local communities discover the potentials within them and how they can utilize them to bring about a positive change.