What We Do
ROOTED IN HOPE
Inspire Excitement About The Agricultural Industry
At Field of Hope we work to equip the local teachers, farmers, and students to change the face of agriculture in their country by giving them a hand up through education, training, and access to financial resources. We empower them to design solutions to the challenges they face and partner with them to overcome those challenges.
Current Programs
Field of Hope works to achieve our mission through three pillars:
Youth Agricultural Education, Rural Community Farmer Development, and Clean Water Project. Through these pillars, we reach audiences of every generation and every walk of life. From there, we are dedicated to standing with individuals and groups to advance agriculture and impact their lives.
Youth Agricultural Education
We hope to equip the next generation of agriculturists in developing countries with the skills and abilities to successfully operate their agricultural enterprises.
Rural Community Farmer Development
We support farmers in northern Uganda by providing agriculture training, resources, and financial education that help farmers increase productivity, improve livelihoods, and build long-term stability.
Clean Water Project
Access to clean water is essential for healthy families, thriving communities, and agriculture. Through community partnerships, we work to expand reliable sources of clean water so families, schools, and farmers can grow.
OUR APPROACH
Sustainability. Innovation. Empowerment. Inclusiveness.
At Field of Hope, we believe in creating change that will last longer than our lifetimes. We also believe in developing capacity among those we work with so that they may play a part in creating the sustainable solution and empowering them to carry on the efforts once our part is done. The ultimate goal is for those we work with to have the resources and knowledge they need to operate the program themselves.
Our Pillars
Ag Development Stages
Development is not an immediate solution but is instead an incremental process that can span decades. Field of Hope believes that our pillars align with agricultural development stages and encourage those people within each stage to positively develop and create a successful foundation for the next stage.
SUBSISTENCE FARMING WITH LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
Farmers, mostly women, hoe their gardens in no uniform fashion, casting seeds and waiting for harvest. Seventy percent of the Ugandan population is employed in agriculture, yet 56.9% of smallholder farmers admit that they are unable to provide enough food for their families.
Aligned Program: Rural Community Farmer Development
IMPROVED PRACTICES AND ACCESS TO FINANCIAL RESOURCES
Farmers at this stage are able to send their children to school and have a community of other farmers to rely on for knowledge-sharing and emotional support. Their culture shifts from a spending mindset to a saving one, and they are able to begin long-term planning.
Aligned Program: Youth Agricultural Education
Safe Water, Stronger Communities
Families have reliable access to safe, clean water closer to home, reducing the time and physical burden of collecting water. Communities experience improved health, increased school attendance, and greater opportunities to invest time in education, agriculture, and income-generating activities.
Aligned Program: Clean Water Initiative
Results
Evidence of Sustainable Progress
Women’s Program
- Individual empowerment
- Gender equity and inclusiveness
- Community building, enlarged networks
- Economic empowerment, including increased incomes, provision of school fee payment, and access to financial resources for life and business improvement
- Food security for families
Curriculum Development
- Excitement for agriculture among youth
- More effective experiential learning
- Proper execution of professionally developed
curriculum - Motivation and inspiration provided to students
- Additional education provided to instructors
- Reduction of workload for instructors
- Modern practices, methods, and knowledge disseminated to both instructors and students