The farmer to farmer pilot program

Before setting up the International Financial Empowerment Consultants in 2002, a leadership, strategy, and governance company, regionally based in capital cities of East African countries (Kampala, Nairobi, Kigali, and Dar ES Salam) – a company which was awarded The International Arch Diocese of Europe for Quality and Excellence Gold category in Paris, 2009. In 2008, he founded the CEO Summit Uganda – a Public Private Partnership whose mission is a common platform for debate and discussion of economic policy formulation implementation and enforcement to support Uganda’s multiple Recovery Initiatives.

Broadfield Enterprises Uganda

Broadfield Enterprises Uganda, was founded in 2012 by Mugarura Charles, one of the first professional Permaculture students in Uganda, after his strong background and support from Jan Smart -World Bank with Rosemary Morrow of Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute, Melbourne, Australia and Dan Palmer, Very Edible of Australia in 2008. BEU was officially incorporated by the Government of Uganda as a Permaculture Social Enterprise in January 29th 2016, under the Registrar of companies’ registration number (RN) 215653, Chapter 210 Laws of Uganda in 1998, under Section 4(2) of URSB Act and the Companies Act of 2012.

We are a private permanent agriculture social enterprise operating under the twelve principles of Permaculture and the three Ethics (care for people, care for Earth and Fair share) dedicated to build resilient communities with their agribusinesses through providing affordable Permaculture ecosystem designs, accessible, quality services with dynamic integration of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

BEU’s focus is on creating, implementing and on use of innovative climate change adaptation strategies using the permaculture ethics and principles. As a permaculture social enterprise, the core focus is to innovate adaptation strategies using permaculture principles to solve Uganda’s problems especially with the most vulnerable populations of rural communities of whom the majority are farmers.

Building Resilience in Africa Farming Communities

The program is offering an advanced training in permaculture design Course with dimension focus on inclusion in mainstream education as they integrate  Implementation strategies of permaculture in supporting the learners  to creatively build innovative consciousness and skill set to realize practical skill set , climate action and influence change in the communities they come from as students can transfer their projects from school to home through a project plan and business model that has influence on the community with support of a seed fund and mentorship. To take agriculture / permaculture as the best choice for change but not a subject for fulfillment of grades. The main focus group is primary schools.