About Us
Women Circles, Community Engagement and Action Planning
Who We Are
The African Food and Peace Foundation (AFPF) is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization working for over four decades to uplift marginalized girls and women in rural Uganda.
Our focus is simple yet powerful: empower women and girls with the tools, education, and confidence they need to transform their lives and their communities.
We believe that when women lead, families thrive and entire communities flourish.
Our Story
Under difficult situations of security and poor living conditions, thanks to our thought leaders Robert Fritz, Silvana Veltkamp, Prof. Peter Penge of MIT, Martha and Don Dolben, Tom and Patty Hagan, Bob Anderson, Cohen Stuart, and a host of other friends of URDT who came to think and work with their Ugandan friends in building the institution. The partnership is our proof of concept.
Together with our Partners, the Uganda Rural Development and Training Programme (URDT) and AFPF launched a strategic intervention for linking education and a liberating methodology to transform the quality of life in rural Uganda and Africa. Leaders of both organizations sat on each other’s boards as co-creators. Out of this collaboration, URDT developed tactical education institutions as carriers and pathways for propagating the Visionary Approach and giving national and regional visibility.
URDT empowers rural communities by teaching them to harness their innate creativity to improve their lives. The change-makers in these communities are primarily girls and women trained as rural transformation specialists and young men and women who benefit from vocational education to learn a trade and launch their businesses. They practice organic, regenerative agriculture and leverage sustainable technologies. The methodological departure in a paradigm shift from traditional Problem-Solving to Creative Orientation has defined the partnership.
✔ Thousands of girls gaining access to education and safety
✔ Youth trained in practical, income-generating skills
Communities strengthened through women-led development
What We Do
AFPF supports innovative educational models that have helped millions of people create meaningful, sustainable change. Our work includes:
Education for Girls and Women
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Providing first-time access to school for rural girls
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Developing leaders through the African Rural University for Women
Community-Led Training & Development
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Grassroots training programs that equip families with skills in agriculture, entrepreneurship, and income generation
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Sustainable farming and vocational training for youth and women
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Community empowerment models that address hunger, poverty, and health challenges
Leadership for Lasting Impact
Many of the young women we support become change agents, leading community development work that benefits thousands. With the right education and mentorship, they uplift themselves, their families, and entire districts.
Why Our Work Matters
Many of the women and girls we serve are entering school for the first time. They come from communities facing extreme poverty, early marriage, hunger, and systemic barriers to opportunity. With education, support, and leadership training, they become confident agents of change, improving not only their own lives but transforming their homes, villages, and regions.
In Uganda
