With the mission of ending poverty, we support and empower communities. We want a community without poverty, where everyone can live comfortably.

Poverty is a lack of income and resources to maintain one's standard of living. Malnutrition and hunger are manifestations of this, as are limited access to education and other essential services, social discrimination and exclusion, and a lack of participation in decision-making.

Each village and community has a vulnerable population or a household. A lack of resources affects at-risk young people, children, PWD (People with disabilities), the elderly with financial challenges and women, especially widowed. Insufficient resources and other issues confronting these communities frequently result in a revolving cycle of poverty. Organizations like Community Hands Against Poverty exist to assist and empower these marginalized groups through social change.

KENYA'S POVERTY AND MALNUTRITION FACTS.

Kenya has a population of 46 million people, and each year, more than 35% of Kenyans suffer from food insecurity and malnutrition, with 2.6 million facing a food insecurity crisis. The country's food insecurity is severe, with the country ranking 86th out of 117 on the 2019 Global Hunger Index. Children are especially vulnerable, with stunted growth affecting slightly less than one-third of those who are food insecure. This is one of many common problems associated with hunger and poor nutrition. Kenya's rampant hunger is a dire situation. However, some efforts are being made to address this crisis.

Agriculture provides all or a portion of Kenya's income for nearly 75% of the population. The industry accounts for roughly one-third of the Kenyan economy, but only one-fifth of Kenyan land is suitable for farming. Farmers must rely on rain as their primary water source due to a lack of reliable irrigation. Because of the reliance on nature, planting and harvesting are unpredictable and risky.This, combined with Kenya's population growth over the last 25 years, means that food supplies are at best limited and extremely vulnerable to weather patterns and natural disasters such as droughts and floods.

Subsistence farmers produce the majority of Kenya's food.

To meet the high demands of a constantly increasing population,the sector requires a large workforce.Regrettably,the younger generation is uninterested in farm work, and current farmers are getting old for the job.Millions of Kenyans are unemployed or poorly paid, and many cannot afford to buy food in the first place.

OUR ACTION

Aid in the Eradication of Extreme Poverty:

In 2030, UNSDGs 1 and 2,eradicating extreme poverty for all people everywhere,should be achieved,regardless of their current economic predicament,which is currently defined as people earning less than $1.25 per day.

The Community Hands Against Poverty Kitchen Garden Network Program, which includes the establishment of backyard Kitchen Garden and cultivation of jack beans,helps small holder families and people of all ages grow vegetables in their back yard and revive the soil nutrients problem for other food crops,gain-self-confidence and build relationships with one another in Kenya and elsewhere.

The CHAP (Community Hands Against Poverty) initiative draws attention to widespread hunger and other forms of poverty in communities that legislators have overlooked.

Together with our food chain partners,the initiative is able to reduce the impact of malnutrition and hunger on vulnerable groups in Kenya.

In doing so,we aim to end poverty and hunger with a particular emphasis on low-income groups and children.