Initiating Development From the Ground Up
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Our Mission
Growing The Grassroots is a non-profit with the mission to provide comprehensive agriculture education in Sierra Leone to help overcome high poverty rates felt by over 60% of the population.
Our Projects
Njala Study
A Njala University collaborative study found that growing groundnuts with compost only yielded 85% as well as NPK, while costing 70% less.
Built Largest Elementary School
Built and now operate the largest public elementary school in Sierra Leone where 200 children are enrolled, and more join each month.
Our Farm HQ
Follow along as we share progress on the development of our 5-acre permanent permaculture farm in Tikonko.
Farm Based Organization (FBO) Support
Learn about how we’ve supported 3 separate FBO groups since 2021 with education, seeds, and inputs.
Other Projects
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To increase food supply by providing modern agricultural education.
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To offer the rural villages of Sierra Leone our fully inclusive season-long classes to explain every aspect of agriculture; from planting to post-harvest handling.
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We value transparency, honesty, and we work against societal norms of corruption. Growing the Grassroots is a family which combats inequality of opportunity in rural Sierra Leone.
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Food is the baseline of humanity. Developing any other aspect of society is not possible without first achieving food security. Growing the Grassroots uses a bottom-up approach to empower rural farmers with modern agricultural practices. Our goal is to provide comprehensive, hands-on education to initiate sustainable development from the grassroots level.
Growing the Grassroots works to bring Norman Borlaug’s “Green Revolution” strategies to Africa. These strategies combine high-yielding seed varieties with modern agricultural production techniques.
We hope to bring quality agricultural education to every man, woman, and child in Sierra Leone one day.
Help Grow The Grassroots
Donating directly supports our ongoing projects. We take pride in the fact that 100% of donations reach our operations in Sierra Leone.
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100% of the proceeds go to our agricultural program.
