Project Overview

The GROW Together project is a joint development initiative implemented by ADRA Croatia in partnership with ADRA Uganda, co-funded by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia. Operating in the Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, the project addresses high food insecurity and child malnutrition by building sustainable agricultural capacity and fostering long-term resilience among refugees and host community families.

Implementation Partners

Project Objective

The project utilizes a peer-to-peer Trainer of Trainers (TOT) cascade model to establish self-sustaining agricultural knowledge networks within the settlement:

• Capacity Building (50 TOTs): Select and train 35 refugees and 15 local community members through 3 comprehensive cycles of theoretical and practical farming courses at the ADRA Uganda demonstration farm.
• Knowledge Transfer (500 Families): Each certified TOT mentors at least 10 neighboring households, equipping 500 vulnerable families with practical skills, climate-resilient farming practices, quality seeds, and agricultural tools.
• Nutritional Security & Malnutrition Reduction: Diversifies dietary intake for over 1,500 end-users to reduce child stunting and severe food deficits in refugee households.
• Economic Empowerment & Market Linkages: Fosters local micro-entrepreneurship by developing harvesting, post-harvest processing, and market access skills for surplus crop sales.

Expected Results & Long-Term Sustainability

Expected Results:

•  50 certified TOT trainers with enhanced leadership and technical capacities;
• Over 80% of participating households applying sustainable agricultural techniques on their plots; 
•  500 refugee and host families achieving increased food production, improved dietary diversity, and income generation.
  
  Sustainability Framework: By embedding practical skills locally and distributing reusable agricultural tools, communities remain self-reliant long after project completion. ADRA Uganda’s established 2-hectare educational farm serves as a permanent training center, integrated with local authorities (OPM) and humanitarian partners (UNHCR, WFP) to ensure long-term institutional continuity.