WALISHA FOUNDATION
To empower smallholder farmers and young graduates across Africa by strengthening sustainable agricultural practices, reducing post-harvest loss, expanding market access, and mobilizing innovative financing so communities can achieve food security and economic resilience.
About WALISHA FOUNDATION
Walisha Foundation is a U.S.-organized public charity focused on transforming smallholder agriculture in Africa through a farm-to-market approach that emphasizes training, infrastructure, and inclusive value‑chain development. The organization concentrates initial programming on staple commodities (notably wheat and maize) and pilots in Rwanda while building partnerships to scale regionally.
Since beginning program work in late 2023, Walisha has combined NGO programming with a commodity-trading social enterprise model, published an impact snapshot and one-year report, launched the 'Adopt a Farmer' fundraising campaign, and run fellowship and youth-engagement initiatives to cultivate agripreneurship and long-term, locally led agricultural development.
Notable achievements
Strategic national partnerships
Established collaborations with academic and government partners (including the national agricultural research/extension institutions and a leading university in Rwanda) to pilot programs, align curricula, and scale farmer training.
Adopt a Farmer campaign & published impact materials
Launched a donor-facing 'Adopt a Farmer' fundraising campaign and produced an impact snapshot and a one‑year impact report documenting early field stories, program models, and lessons from initial pilots (program activity reported across 2023–2025).
Integrated social enterprise model
Built a commodity-trading social enterprise component that invests in harvesting and post-harvest facilities, with profits recycled into grant-backed projects and infrastructure to increase sustainability and farmer incomes.
At a glance
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 99-0738331
- Location
- Castle Rock, CO
- Website
- www.walisha.org
- On Mahalo since
- November 2025
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