January 28, 2025 – Mill Hill Missionaries Kotido Diocese, in partnership with Organic Impact Ltd, organized a transformative youth empowerment camp to equip young people with practical skills in climate-smart agriculture, hygiene and economic self-reliance. Organic Impact Ltd is a non-profit organization that mobilizes communities to sustainably improve incomes, food production and health using available…
May 30, 2023 – Every 28th of May is Menstrual Hygiene Day worldwide. It is the day for raising awareness about menstrual hygiene globally. It’s also a day for speaking up against any form of discrimination and humiliation that girls and women face when they go into their periods. So, in May 2023, Organic partnered with…
April 25, 2023 – Since late 2022, Organic Impact co-founder Dr. Charles Wendo has been in touch with Tapas Chandra Roy, author of the book ‘Millet Business Ideas – Empowering Millet Start-ups’. As a result, Tapas has published a blog article about our millet journey on the online platform Millet Advisor. Tapas is an Indian…
March 22, 2023 – After months of consultation and preparation, we put the first millet seeds into the soil on March 22, soon after the onset of the rainy season. The planting method used was line sowing. Seeds were mixed with manure (decomposed cow dung) and sowed in lines at a spacing of 30-45cm between…
December 3, 2022 – Half a day spent at the National Semi Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI) today was an eye opener for Organic Impact leaders. The Institute based in Serere, Soroti, is part of the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO). Dr. Scovia Adikini, head of the National Dryland Cereals Breeding Programme, explained why…
November 21, 2022 – Millet is gold. That is the impression Organic Impact co-founder Charles Wendo had today, upon completing reading the book ‘Millet Business Ideas – Empowering Millet Start-ups’. The author, Tapas Chandra Roy, provides information on the importance and types millets, how to grow them, value addition and trade in millet. He…
June 4, 2022 – More than 200 farmers in Tororo and Kumi districts of eastern Uganda have received training on low-cost, high yielding methods of farming, during the past three days. The training, delivered by a natural farming expert, Rei Yoon from South Korea, focused on improving soil fertility and conserving water so that…
December 11, 2021 – Organic Impact and Squaring the Education Pyramid institute (STEPi) today donated a set of story books to Nagongera Public Library and Resource Centre-Tororo. The purpose of the books is to promote a reading culture, help children improve their English language literacy and contribute to their emotional and intellectual development. Similar books…
May 21, 2021 – In rural parts of Uganda, most teenage girls cannot afford sanitary pads. As a result, when they are in their periods, they end up missing school. Besides, they face embarrassment when the onset of menstruation finds them in school without a pad. Because of this, Organic Impact has started training…
May 20, 2021 – One of the most important requirements for teaching English literacy in primary schools is to provide children with books to read. However, in most rural schools in Uganda, schools do not have books for children to read. Similarly, most parents cannot afford the books. In response to this need, from 18th to…