My group, Permaculture Partners – running since 2020 – links with communities around the world to teach and implement nature-based thinking systems: that means, permaculture.

Using the core ethics of planetary care (first and foremost), people care and fair share, we all grow together, learning from each other, and creating a fairer and more connected world.

We work mainly with refugee‑led groups in some of the toughest places on Earth, offering practical training, expert connections and crowdfunding. The aim being that local people can design and run their own regenerative projects.

Due to demand by refugee communities, we have run sessions on topics as diverse as arts, photography and climate change, movie making and Canva for permaculturists. We go where the knowledge is needed. Where we don’t have the skills, we bring other experts to the table.

Our current focus is in East Africa, specifically Uganda and Kenya. Our groups establish community gardens, schools, skills development courses, and just about anything they’re passionate about. Our only prerequisite is that groups follow permaculture ethics and principles in their approach. Here are a few projects we’ve been involved in:

ABCCI Nakivale: Uganda

ABCC is a refugee-led organisation that supports disadvantaged children and teenagers in Nakivale Refugee Settlement. It is led by a registered refugee with a lifelong commitment to the camp and its people. Read more.

Wasichana Tunaweza (Girls We Can): Kenya

Wasichana Tunaweza (Girls We Can) is now helping 20 teenage mothers return to school through a permaculture-based poultry program. The program covers essential topics such as permaculture, organic approaches to flock health and well-being, and marketing and business skills. Upon graduation, the young mothers receive indigenous chickens to start their enterprises, with ongoing chicken and egg sales generating income to support their families and the return of the girls to school. Read more.

Memory of Charity: Uganda

Memory of Charity is a community-led humanitarian organisation based in Uganda, within the Nakivale Refugee Camp (New Goma Zone). Their work operates at the intersection of human rights, refugee protection, and environmental sustainability, and is structured around four core programs: Smile Again, Tunaweza, Nature’s Heart Academy and a Food Security Program. Read more.

Go Green: Uganda

Go Green is a community-led program in the heart of Nakivale refugee settlement running on permaculture principles. They run PDCs, mushroom courses, syntropic agroforestry, and craft and sewing skills-based courses. It also specialises in small animal farming: guinea pigs, chickens, and rabbits. Read more.