BRiK: Building Resilience in Kenya.
Our flagship programme and the first full application of our model, designed to establish what works, learn from the process and prepare to replicate responsibly.
An integrated package for every participant.
BRiK supports women and youth farmers in Busia County with a combined package: productive capital, practical agriculture and financial literacy training, community mentoring, cooperative development and market access, with monitoring that tracks what works.
- A pre-pilot in Busia County, with participants chosen through community wealth ranking and household verification.
- A 1:10 mentor to participant ratio, with weekly field visits.
- Income-sharing capital for each participant. Participants contribute a share of verified profits, never from a loss, and never as fixed debt.
What we have done, and what is next.
BRiK follows five stages. Here is where each one stands today.
Identify
Community-led selection of the households that need support most.
Completed for the pre-pilotWhat we have done
- Wealth ranking, household verification and a baseline assessment, with local leaders
- Households joined the pre-pilot, with women-headed households well represented
What comes next
- Repeat the same community-validated process for each new group of households
Invest
Small productive capital, with no collateral, to start or strengthen a farm enterprise.
Under wayWhat we have done
- Productive assets provided in phases: seed, pesticides, fungicides, organic fertiliser and land preparation
- Temporary weekly consumption support so families can protect their inputs
What comes next
- Further phased assets as the crop cycle moves on
Train
Practical training that follows the crop cycle, backed by a community mentor.
Under wayWhat we have done
- Introductory training on horticulture production, practical training on seedbed and seedling setup, safe handling of pesticides and fungicides, use of organic and non-organic fertiliser, and efficient use of natural resources
- Every participant has a community mentor, with weekly field visits to their farm
What comes next
- More hands-on sessions, from land preparation to harvest, storage and financial literacy
Link
Connecting producers with buyers and with each other.
Taking shapeWhat we have done
- Technical collaboration signed and buyer relationships developing
What comes next
- Aggregating harvests and selling to suitable buyers
- Recording yields, sales and verified profits
Grow
Income, food security and resilience, with success recycled to help the next family.
AheadWhat we have done
- Baseline recorded so progress can be measured fairly
What comes next
- Contributions only from verified profit, and nothing if there is none
- A revolving fund that supports future participants
- An end-of-cycle comparison against the baseline
Capital, skills, mentoring and markets.
Income-sharing capital
Small productive capital without collateral. Contributions follow verified profit, so risk is shared.
Practical training
Agriculture, agribusiness and financial literacy participants can apply immediately.
Community mentors
Local mentors follow up through field visits, production planning and record keeping.
Market access
Buyer, aggregation and cooperative linkages that turn production into dependable income.
Built to inform scale.
BRiK generates evidence on income growth, repayment performance, market participation and job creation, which will shape how the work grows responsibly.
See how we measure changeLearning that guides growth
We share progress and lessons with partners so that our growth is guided by what works.
Working alongside families to build dignified livelihoods.
Whether you wish to support the work, supply or buy from producers, share technical expertise or simply learn more, we welcome the conversation. Every partnership begins with the conviction that people are worthy of dignity and a fair chance to prosper.