Dadaab Refugee Camps · Garissa County, Kenya
We help refugee and host-community families grow nutritious food, earn a better living and give their children a healthier start, with practical, low-cost solutions the community leads.
Cultivating skills for prosperity.
Who we are
KilimoVision works in the Dadaab refugee camps and the host communities around them in Garissa County, north-eastern Kenya. It is an arid, drought-prone region where families face hunger, climate shocks and few ways to earn a living.
Since 2023 we have worked with households, smallholder farmers and schools to grow more nutritious food, build practical climate-smart skills and make sure children get the nutrition they need to grow and learn.
kilimo
noun · Swahili
Farming; agriculture. Our name joins kilimo with a vision of families who can feed themselves well and thrive.
The challenge
In and around Dadaab, hunger, climate shocks, poverty and child malnutrition feed into one another. That is why we tackle them together.
Many households cannot count on enough nutritious food to last the whole year.
Drought, erratic rains and flooding destroy crops and wipe out fragile livelihoods.
With few ways to earn, families struggle to afford food, tools and farm inputs.
Poor diets early in life hold back children's health, growth and learning.
Our solution
Each programme area is delivered through a dedicated project, reaching households, smallholder farmers and school children.
Helping refugee and host-community households grow nutritious food at home, using methods that hold up in a hot, drought-prone climate.
Current project
NAFIS Project
for Households
500+
households directly supported
Equipping smallholder farmers with practical climate-smart skills and the tools they need to grow more and earn more.
Current project
GrowWell Project
for Smallholder Farmers
50+
smallholder farmers trained and equipped
Setting up gardens in schools so children eat better and learn first-hand how healthy food is grown.
Current project
Nafaqo Project
for School-Going Children
6+
schools supported to set up gardens
How we work
Four principles guide every project we run, from a household garden to a school plot.
Communities help shape and run our projects, so the solutions fit local needs and last.
Practices that cope with heat and drought and make the most of scarce water and soil.
We measure success by better diets and healthier children, not just bigger harvests.
Simple, affordable methods that families can keep using on their own.
Our impact
What our three projects have achieved so far across Dadaab and its host communities.
500+
Households directly supported
50+
Smallholder farmers trained and provided with farm tools
6+
Schools supported to set up gardens
Stories & news
Success stories from the families, farmers and schools we work with, and news from KilimoVision.
FAQ
We help families build climate-smart livelihoods that improve health, nutrition and wellbeing. Our work covers three programme areas: climate-smart food production for households, training and inputs for smallholder farmers, and school gardens for children's nutrition.
We work in the Dadaab refugee camps and the surrounding host communities in Garissa County, north-eastern Kenya, an arid region where drought and erratic rainfall make farming difficult.
Our NAFIS project supports households, about 70% from refugee and 30% from host communities. GrowWell works with smallholder farmers, and Nafaqo reaches school-going children through school gardens.
It means farming in ways that keep producing food through heat, drought and unpredictable rains: using water carefully, protecting the soil and choosing crops and methods suited to local conditions, while keeping costs low for families.
We welcome partnerships with donors, NGOs, government agencies, schools and volunteers. Email us at info@kilimovision.org or call +254 729 111 768 and we will be glad to talk about how we can work together.
“Kilimo” is Swahili for farming. Our vision is a future where every family can grow and eat nutritious food, earn a decent living and withstand climate shocks.
Whether you are a donor, an NGO, a government agency, a school or a volunteer, there is a place for you in this work. Help us reach more households, farmers and children in Dadaab.
