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Impact · 2026

The case for compounding.

We don't measure success by what we run — we measure it by what keeps running without us. Here is the evidence, the resilience, and the road to 2030.

Proof to date

The model is already working.

Total reachSee impact
0+households reached15% of 100,000 / yr by 2030

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Changemakers trained

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Businesses built

Verified by chapter audit · 2019–2026
Changemaker networkSee team

Changemakers deployed

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Deployed (824)2030 goal (5,000)
175mentors engaged
9active chapters
Behind the numbers

Every figure is a face, a field, a family.

Farmers gather for a Roots training day
Farmers gather for a Roots training day
Mushroom farming — a new income stream
Mushroom farming — a new income stream
Resilient agriculture, taught hand to hand
Resilient agriculture, taught hand to hand
Livestock pods, built with changemakers
Livestock pods, built with changemakers
Solving post-harvest storage together
Solving post-harvest storage together
Resilience · 2025 test
“When the largest donor cut back, we kept growing.

Our institutions are owned locally and funded broadly — so a single donor pulling back didn't stall the work. It compounded.

Three peer INGOs requested model briefings in 2026
91%to programs
91%programs5%marketing4%fundraising
A Roots Africa educator teaching a student about entrepreneurship
Change is possible with a change in mindset.

Abaliwano Vivian

Change Maker · Gulu Chapter, Uganda

Vision 2030

Five years. A continent further.

The model works. The next five years are about depth and reach — more changemakers, more families, more countries running on institutions Africans own.

Next three →

01 · Ghana02 · Rwanda03 · Kenya
Changemakers per year8245,000
Families reached per year15,000100,000
Countries215
Agricultural hubs9100
Median farmer income lift22%50%

Help us reach 100,000 families a year.