2000 Family Mushroom Farms

100,000 Seedling of Fruit and Flowering Trees

Cow Milk/Soil Regeneration Program

The Mushroom Project came in response to a locust outbreak that hit Ethiopia hard at the end of 2020.

In late 2020, one of the worst locust outbreaks in decades devastated crops relied upon by 20 million people in Ethiopia for food and income. An area of the world where the poorest of the poor relied on this for survival.

Fekadu, a local with 10 years of Agricultural experience, discovered that mushrooms were resistant to locusts.

Quickly, Fekadu and his family began growing and training others to grow mushrooms for their community. and so, The Mushroom Project began.

Finalize partnership with UNDP (completed)

Build Mushroom Production Facility – (completed)

Deploy diverse farming programs in the community – (completed)

Launch first 100,000 seedling site (completed)

Provide 100 jobs (started)

Provide 2000 families with a micro mushroom farm (started)

Grow additional 100,000 seedlings

Buy 5 cows for Milking/Soil Regeneration Program

Learn More Below About Our Programs

1. Maintain rent and utilities for property

2. Support 3 displaced refugee children who permanently live with Fekadu’s family since the war. They live with his family like they are his children, they need things like school supplies yearly, food, clothing and medicine when needed.

3. Ensure Fekadu's family has a home

Under the recommendations and support of the UN Development Programme, we were able to develop a more efficient plan and operation to alleviate poverty in the area, in a place that has seen even more obstacles since. A terrible and long civil war has lingered on since 2021, communities have faced horrific and extreme circumstances, leaving most with absolutely nothing. Many crops are destroyed as well and has left the country with a major shortage of food.