Integrated Service Delivery

Implements child protection and early childhood development (ECD) programs for children aged 2–6 in Rwanda, including in Kiziba Refugee Camp, with daily educational and developmental activities. Supports school readiness and provides nutritious meals such as sosoma, a fortified cereal, to supplement children's diets.

Operates a child sponsorship program that funds daily nourishment, school materials, uniforms, and tuition support for children in Rwanda, including boarding middle school sponsorship at $360 per year. Offers after-school tutoring and supervision for academically at-risk students.

Provides emergency supplies, food, and shelter to survivors of disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Offers post-disaster support including medical transportation, hospital admission assistance, and temporary shelter funding at approximately $15 per night per person.

Accepts and distributes in-kind donations including cars, agricultural tools, school supplies, books, musical instruments, and hygiene products to support program activities in Rwanda and local communities.

Provides comprehensive family support in Rwanda, including improving hygiene, nutrition, housing, and economic resilience. Delivers food supplies (beans, rice, corn flour, sugar, salt, cooking oil) and hygiene items (face masks, hand sanitizer, soap) to vulnerable families, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Provides compassionate care, food, clothing, and reintegration support to homeless individuals in New York City, including organizing food and clothing drives and offering counseling and social services.

Runs a vocational training program in Rwanda that teaches sewing and knitting skills to young people to promote economic self-sufficiency and long-term independence.

Organizes volunteer trips to Rwanda where participants provide educational, vocational, spiritual, and medical support to communities in need.

Helped launch the Haiti Food System Alliance (HFSA) in 2022 and provides administrative and accounting support to Food Intelligence's Modern Farmer project, which delivers educational literature on sustainable farming practices and food systems.

Provides fiscal sponsorship through the Haiti Food System Alliance (HFSA) Comprehensive Fiscal Sponsorship program, incurring $119,198 in expenses and awarding $109,707 in grants during tax year 2024.

Operates three social enterprises in Colombia, Haiti, and El Salvador, and an agtech tool (Extensio) founded in Mexico, impacting approximately 35,000 smallholder farmers and agricultural workers and generating over $80 million in farmer income to date through integrated seed-to-market services.

Provides smallholder farmers with quality inputs, tailored financing, technical training, and guaranteed off-take agreements to improve yields, reduce costs, and increase incomes by an average of 66%, while aggregating and selling crops through domestic, international, and humanitarian market channels.

Operates a fiscal sponsorship program that enables farm and food businesses to access grant funding restricted to nonprofit organizations, thereby expanding their funding opportunities.

Conducted a three-year research project to develop a comprehensive food system vision for New York State and convenes stakeholders to advance Vision 2050, a long-term plan for a regenerative, sustainable, and equitable agricultural future.

Produces webinars led by professionals on topics such as business structures, farm labor, and marketing; maintains a public library of recorded webinars; and partners with SUNY Cobleskill to deliver online instructional videos and workshops for beginning farmers and agribusiness entrepreneurs.

Provides incubation support to agribusiness entrepreneurs preparing to grow or transition into value-added production, in partnership with SUNY Cobleskill.

Builds capacity among local institutions, farmers, and distributors in Central NY to expand market access and increase sales of locally produced farm goods.

Provides free self-paced and course-based training for aspiring farm and food business owners, including a Business Planning course covering operations, financial planning, branding, and legal entities, along with a Product Development Workbook to guide entrepreneurs in bringing new food products to market.