About – Zero Hunger Initiative

The Zero hunger initiative is anchored on the belief that we all have a right to food, and that, “the right to food is not a right to be fed, but primarily the right to feed oneself in dignity.” – Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

The Zero Hunger Initiative aims at ending hunger and promoting safe and healthy diets, in line with the sustainable development goal number two (Zero Hunger Goal), primarily in Kenya and other African Countries, with a special focus on urban areas and particularly the urban poor settings. It is a combination of public engagement, creative capacity building of communities, community driven interventions, applied research and advocacy programs.

What We Are Passionate About

Regenerative Urban
farming

using innovative urban farming techniques to increase food access

Community Engagement

working with communities to co-create solutions for the food system

Capacity
Building

ensuring the people we work with are empowered enough to be the change makers in society

Human
centered
systems

people first is at the very heart of what we do

Community voices

The slums present a poor state of living, it is often impossible to find vendors who are open at night due to safety and so if you do not buy your food early there are chances you will not have anything to eat.

There are always innovative ways that young people can be able to have a source of income, teaching them different ways of practicing urban farming is a big solution. Kitchen gardens can take many forms.

Most vendors do not have enough space to prepare and sell their food and in times like these, hygiene is very hard to observe.

Poor waste management is the main cause of water contamination in the slum and this often causes diseases. When the pipes burse, the water we get in the houses is often contaminated and without knowing we drinking is and diseases are inevitable.

Youth, Kibera

Youth, Mukuru kwa Ruben

Woman, Korogocho

Youth, Dandora

See The Farms

Some of the Urban Farms

Our plan is to see household in Nairobi adopt innovative urban farming and maximizing on the spaces they already have, the backyard, balconies, rooftops etc.