Did you know that Fort Portal is one of the poorest regions of Uganda according to the Ugandan Ministry of Health, with high food insecurity caused by increasing poverty, use of unsustainable agriculture methods, and inadequate food storage? This leaves many children malnourished and unable to fight illness or focus in school which impacts their education. Sky Is The Limit tackles hunger by giving daily school meals to its 400 pupils, but is currently unable to grow enough food sustainably in its 8-acre farm.
That’s why we are so excited to be taking part in the Green Match Fund with The Big Give!
This Earth Day (22nd April until 29th April), we will be doubling all online donations to support our organic farming project at Sky Is The Limit. Working together, we will develop its 8-acre farm using sustainable organic farming practices to increase food sovereignty and produce food for a daily nutritious school meal to 397 disadvantaged children, restore its ecosystem, and increase opportunities for local young people.
By introducing organic farming at Sky Is The Limit and providing training to the farm workers to up-skill them in organic farming methods, we can sustainably increase yields of food currently produced by the farm, while reducing carbon emissions and use of chemical fertilisers, lowering the risk of pollution in the soil and water, and restoring the ecosystem. Training will also be offered to local young people, encouraging the practices of organic farming in rural Uganda.
Will you help Sky Is The Limit reduce its environmental impact and grow strong, healthy crops to produce enough food for their school meals programme?
Please get involved so that we can raise £10,000 to combat the malnutrition and restore land which has been depleted by traditional farming.
To help support our Green Match Fund appeal you can have your donation doubled right here!
https://bit.ly/SITLFarmMatchFund
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Susie has 30+ experience as a creative copywriter, editor, and proofreader, starting out as a 20-year-old copywriter in the Mad Men world of early 1990s advertising in South Africa. Ever since, she’s had a love affair with creative conceptualisation, thinking outside of the box, writing to a deadline, and being thrown in the deep end!
She took an MSc in Publishing at Edinburgh Napier University as a mature student, in 2015, and continues to keep herself busy working as a copy-editor, proofreader and copywriter in book publishing, corporate communications, and publishing project management.
Apart from her love of working with independent authors, Susie has a fondness for working in the third sector and likes to use her corporate communications and marketing experience to support projects close to her heart. She has lived and worked in the Findhorn area for 25 years, and has been involved in a number of third sector projects and organisations, and family businesses.
Working at Ecologia Youth Trust helps Susie to live in integrity with her values of supporting the next generation to be the best that they can be, and she sees it as a way to give back to Mama Africa, the beloved continent on which she was born.
Ellen joined the Ecologia team in June 2018 as Marketing and Communications Manager. Ellen has lived in Scotland for 6 years and has worked for non-profit and charitable organisations across varied fields. She currently shares her passion for helping young people through Ecologia Youth Trust and she works as a dancer and dance teacher in her spare time.
Robyn is the Associate Director of International Projects, having previously worked within the team as a Project Development and Marketing Officer from April 2019 until May 2021. As Associate Director, Robyn is co-leading the International side of Ecologia with Founder and Director, Liza Hollingshead, bringing a new energy into Ecologia as they look towards the future of the charity.
Liza is the founder of Ecologia and Director of International Projects. She was born and educated in South Africa and worked there as a high school teacher. She moved to live in the Findhorn Community in 1974. She started Ecologia in 1995 after being introduced to Dmitry Morozov, the founder of Kitezh Children’s Community in Russia, and was inspired to support the community in its mission to rescue orphaned children from institutions and give them homes, families and education in a supportive environment.
This led to projects supporting disadvantaged youth and children in South East Asia and in East Africa. TRead more about Liza’s story here.
