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Strategic Plan: 2023-2026

"My grandfather used to say that once in your life you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman and a preacher but every day, three times a day, you need a farmer" - Brenda Schoepp

Audacious Africa is a Ugandan organisation set up to protect the environment (earth, water, air) from exploitation and pollution. Audacious Africa stands for sustainable and equitable utilisation of the environment. Our work advocates for bio-diversity maintenance. We champion sustainable and ecological farming practices that facilitate earth regeneration.

Our programmes and approaches are premised in regenerative and ecological practices that have been practiced and improved by women and local communities over time. We advocate for and support the production of diverse species and varieties of food, seeds, herbs, and trees free of toxic industrial chemical inputs.

Audacious Africa's mission is to deepen women and local communities understanding in power analysis of the structural and historical injustices underpinning environmental and food injustices. These injustices are at the heart of the systemic erasure of our food, knowledge systems and biodiversity loss

We build collective consciousness and agency with women and local communities to strengthen practice-based knowledge for regenerative systems through popular education, capacity building and training, local movement building, advocacy, recycling and re-use approaches, adaptation and innovation.

We leverage the power women and local communities hold, their cultural and historical knowledge on Ugandan food legacies, and curiosity to innovate and self-preserve. We apply the socio-ecological model of behavioural change ensuring that policy and politics work together with the populations to deal with effects of climate change and food hunger.

For the young people, Audacious Africa is a knowledge creation hub. We create literature to teach them, facilitate intergenerational learning, conduct school-based trainings that teach and train them about Uganda’s food systems and environment endowments. Food and nutrition security is a foundational factor for a society’s physical, emotional mental, spiritual and collective wholeness. “We are what we eat”. For women and local communities, ownership and access to food and seeds symbolises the agency that enables them to feed their families, to be happy and determine their future. The global move to control seeds and soil in puts are fundamental injustices part of the bigger threats to African food systems and her biodiversity coverage. Moreover, mono cropping and large industrial farming strategies are all part of ways local communities are being disenfranchise from ownership and influence over their food knowledge, and practice.

Audacious Africa is the voice, heart and feet with women and local communities to ensure African Food systems and biodiversity are protected and preserved.

“Join us / we have been waiting for you.”

website: https://www.audacious.africa

Email: audaciousafrica1@gmail.com

twitter: @AudaciousAfric

Tel: +256 782751416

Our Vision

Healthy people sustained by sustainable environment

The Mission

Build collective consciousness and agency with women and local communities to; strengthen practice based knowledge for regenerative systems- through popular education, capacity building and training, local movement building, advocacy, recycling and re-use approaches, adaptation and innovation. Literature development and sharing.

Key Activities

1. Training and Education: 
Regular workshops on organic farming, crop diversification, and business management are offered to equip communities of smallholder farmers with the skills for sustainable agriculture.

2. Market Linkages: 
Helping farmers connect with local and regional markets, ensuring fair trade practices, and reducing the middleman's cut in the supply chain.

Gender Equity Projects:
Tailored programs for women, designed to empower them by providing the skills, resources, and support needed to establish economic independence, leadership roles, and active participation in decision-making processes, fostering gender equality in all aspects of life.

4.Seed Banks & Community Gardens 
We establish seed banks that preserve indigenous seeds, making them available to farmers and community garden projects that serve as living classrooms for sustainable farming and nutrition education.

5.Mindset change engagements, training, and conversations in schools and communities on understanding Uganda’s food legacies, climate change and resilience, injustice, power, community activism

6.School-based activities School-Based Activities:
Engaging students in hands-on learning experiences that connect them with their cultural food heritage, fostering a deep understanding of food traditions, sustainable farming practices, and the role of food in cultural identity. These activities not only enhance children's appreciation for diverse food cultures but also empower them to become stewards of food sovereignty, encouraging healthier eating habits and a sense of responsibility for preserving local food systems for future generations.

7.Art, sports festivals
Art and Sports Festivals: Celebrating and preserving cultural identity through vibrant art and sports festivals that highlight traditional practices, indigenous knowledge, and local customs. These events foster community pride, promote intergenerational learning, and incorporate food sovereignty by showcasing local, sustainable food systems, promoting the importance of culturally significant foods, and encouraging self-sufficiency in food production.