Alex Kollar Legacy Farming Project
Created in the legacy of Alex Kollar's love of Rwanda and teaching organic farming, the Alex Kollar Legacy Farming Project trains food-insecure families to grow sustainable, organic vegetables through home gardens and co-op farming -- fighting malnourishment and creating sustainable income for families.
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Donate to the Alex Kollar Legacy Farming Project
$150 provides training, equipment and follow-up for one family to learn and grow organic vegetables for one year.
_Here's How We Farm
Organic Vegetables
Families in the farming program are taught how to grow vegetables organically utilizing local resources and practices. Vegetables include beets, carrots, cabbage, spinach, kale, dodo, onions and more.
Home Gardens
Once families graduate from training, they are given the resources to start gardens at home using practices to optimize space. Families have reported increased health and reduced hospital visits after starting gardens.
Community Farms
Some of the families in the program have begun farming co-ops together, utilizing land provided by the local government or in partnership with Kefa to create small-scale farms that produce sustainable income.
Reinvestment
Families that have earned income from the project are reinvesting the money in small businesses. For instance, families in Rulindo are starting a pig husbandry business.
Teaching Neighbors
Several families in the farming project are not keeping what they learn to themselves! Many are sharing the training and seeds with their neighbors to allow the impact to organically spread!
Building Community
The farming project is connecting and forming relationships between neighbors as they grow vegetables together, helping to fight loneliness and feelings of isolation.
Alex Kollar
(August 11, 1993 - October 1, 2021)
The Alex Kollar Legacy Farming Project was made possible by The Alex Kollar Memorial Fund. The Fund was created by Alex Kollar's family in honor of Alex’s deeply held commitment to sustainability and the future of our planet while also honoring Alex’s profound reverence for the country and the people of Rwanda. Alex spent three consecutive summers in Rwanda where he learned the value of global citizenship.