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About MAANYI

Every harvest starts with someone willing to plant first.

MAANYI is a community-led place to learn practical skills, restore the soil and keep village knowledge alive.

Mrs. Majorine Nansubuga Kyeswa seated in front of the MAANYI banner, with a knitting machine behind
Our Founder & Team Lead: Mrs. Majorine Nansubuga Kyeswa · LinkedIn

Our place

Ndalike, Zirobwe

Ndalike is a rural farming community in Zirobwe, Luwero District, about 70 km north of Kampala. Like much of Luwero, it was shaped by the Luwero War, and its families have rebuilt with quiet determination.

Today, reliable electricity, piped water and vocational training are still out of easy reach. But the soil is fertile and the people are ready.

MAANYI works alongside Ndalike to turn that potential into opportunity, through sustainable farming, practical skills and community-led projects.

Community

Working with local leaders

Seven local leaders standing outside an orange-and-blue school building

Why we exist

Families here are ready to work. What they need are practical skills, a place to practise them, and people who stay alongside them.

Gifts run out. Skills keep giving.

Our belief

We bring tools, training and a place to learn. The community brings the energy, the ideas and the leadership.

A host welcoming visitors on a walk through the farm gardens

Come and see

The best way to understand MAANYI is to join in.

Meet the people, see the gardens, try a craft and share a meal with us.