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Honey Center for Ugandan rural beekeepers

We seek to establish a honey resource center for beekeepers

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Honey Center for Ugandan rural beekeepers

Honey Center for Ugandan rural beekeepers

Honey Center for Ugandan rural beekeepers

Honey Center for Ugandan rural beekeepers

Honey Center for Ugandan rural beekeepers

We seek to establish a honey resource center for beekeepers

We seek to establish a honey resource center for beekeepers

We seek to establish a honey resource center for beekeepers

We seek to establish a honey resource center for beekeepers

Malaika Honey
Malaika Honey
Malaika Honey
Malaika Honey
2 Campaigns |
Kampala, Uganda
$1,495 USD 11 backers
0% of $260,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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Honey, without thinking much about it you slap it on your toast in the morning or pour it on your porridge.

But for thousands of farmers in rural Uganda it's a vital source of income that can make the difference between having a proper home to live in or sending their kids to school. 

Typically those beekeepers have used traditional method but these are often ill-efficient and wasteful. 

Even more of a problem is that the farmers live faraway from their main markets and are at the mercy of middlemen who buy the honey for cheap and keep prices down. That means basically that farmers struggle to get paid the right amount for the honey they produce.

And that is where we come in. 

Malaika Honey was set up by Australian Simon Turner back in June 2006 with the aim of helping Ugandan farmers get a fairer price for their honey and training them in modern beekeeping techniques.


We provide a direct link between the farmers in distant rural communities with the producer -- us. This cuts out the middlemen and allows the farmers to get the money they deserve for the work they do. 

Simultaneously, we have run workshops across the country to train up farmers, supply them with beehives and equipment so that they can work more effectively and be more reliable honey and hive product suppliers. Essentially it's a win-win situation for both them and us.


 



Some of our successful initiatives include research and development where have authored a practical beekeeping guidebook book in transitional beekeeping techniques for the poor farmer, a hive tool specially designed for a KTB hive in association with Design without Borders (Norwegian NGO) and pioneering the commercial output and production of propolis tincture (a broad spectrum natural antibiotic from the beehive).

Currently we are now developing an improved KTB hive to increase honey production and planning for a queen rearing project that would expand on the productivity of commercial beekeeping here in Uganda for the farmers as well as improve colonization in hives with new queens!

We also constructed a Bee fence along Queen Elizabeth national park to protect farmers from elephants coming and destroying their crops. See full story Here


Don't get us wrong. We are a for-profit organization. That is because we see the only way of creating sustainable development in the sector is for there to be a functioning market and that is what we want to help create.

Obviously, however, some things are beyond our humble means for now but that doesn't mean we can't set our sights high. 

That is why we're asking you to help fund the building and creation of the honey resource centre as a permanent place where we can train up and help equip farmers to help them go from just scraping by to providing their families with a regular income


We've saved up some $45,000 for the project but are looking for another $260,000. It may sound ambitious but it is a dream -- not just for us but for the thousands of families in rural Uganda it will help. 

Thanks so much for your support!  Webale nyo, nyo!

Simon and the team at Malaika Honey


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