FAQs

RIPA is currently based in Bunyaruguru county in Rubirizi District and in Kyenjojo district in South Western Uganda, but our broader activities shall have nationwide implications.

RIPA is a socio-economic initiative aimed at empowering rural communities with environmentally friendly and economically viable value chain development projects with an overall goal of sustainably alleviating poverty in Uganda starting with Rubirizi and Kyenjojo districts. Working with families, RIPA’s work is geared toward increasing the capacities of smallholder farmers, agricultural entrepreneurs, small-to-medium-sized enterprises, and many other agricultural stakeholders.

By partnering with donor organizations, national governments, private sector actors, and local entrepreneurs, we work to bridge the gaps between research, development, and markets with the goal of improving livelihoods of households in the rural communities in Uganda.

RIPA is meant to cause a number of positive social and economic impacts; to improve households earning to get in the money economy so as to support education of their children, improve household nutritional support, and ability to meet the basic needs of survival and improved wellbeing. RIPA is establishing a Farm School and a Skilling Centre, through which farmers will learn and adopt modern farming techniques. Over 1000 youths will be empowered through vocational training. RIPA aims to uplift and propel rural communities out of poverty working with households to increase their incomes and livelihood security through sustainable enterprise development projects.

RIPA's operations focus on six pillars which include:

1. Production, Processing and marketing
2. ii. Strategic Alliances and Collaborative Partnerships;
3. iii. Enterprise Development;
4. iv. Micro-Savings, Credit and Insurance Initiatives;
5. v. Research and Development (R&D), and;
6. vi. Environmental Conservation

RIPA is set to sustainably create socially and economically empowered communities (SEEC) through participatory household-based Poverty Alleviation Interventions that are in harmony with nature, culture and consistent with applicable laws.

RIPA partners with public and private organizations, both large and small, to design and implement a wide variety of innovative products, development projects, and initiatives. Please fill out the form below with as much information as possible, and the appropriate contact will receive your message.

To achieve our mission objectives, RIPA requires donor and support from all well-wishers. We appeal for donor support in cash or kind. Go to the donate icon on our website; give to the community and uplift a household. Thank you!