Happy New Year!

Dear Subscriber Name,

Kick off the New Year with our exciting news and events!

Thanks to your generous support our Christmas appeal about the the Young Urban Farmers Project has raised £140,686.49!  Read on to find out how newly established vegetable gardens are changing lives!

Do you have ambitious New Year's resolutions? If one of your goals is having a more active and healthy lifestyle, then we can certainly help you achieve this – read more and sign up now for one of Farm Africa’s great sporting events.

Finally, 2016 brings exciting changes for Farm Africa. Our new Chief Executive, Nicolas Mounard, will be joining us very soon. 

From everyone at Farm Africa - have a great New Year and may all your wishes come true.

Happy reading!

Fundraising team

Thanks to your kind support we have raised £140,686.49 for the Christmas Appeal!

You' ll be excited to hear that the vegetable gardens in both Dagoretti's primary schools have just started taking shape. Farm Africa is helping with setting up 15 urban gardens for youth groups, schools and community groups in the Dagoretti district of Nairobi in Kenya. These include six rainwater harvesting systems, six greenhouses, three wells and drip irrigation systems.

After receiving necessary equipment and training, kids in Dagoretti are looking forward to healthy school lunches and to a better start in their lives. 

Thanks for all your incredible support. Below are the messages on some of the plant tags we received from our supporters. Maybe you can spot yours!

Fancy taking on a challenge in 2016? Join Team Farm Africa! We have places in a range of great sporting events, including RideLondon and the Royal Parks Half Marathon. 

RideLondon 2016 - 31 July: Join thousands of cyclists in taking on a 100-mile route made famous by the world’s best cyclists at the London 2012 Olympics. The route takes you into Surrey’s stunning countryside and it is a truly spectacular event. Sign up today!

The Royal Parks Half Marathon – 9 October: Don't miss out on taking part in this ever-popular half marathon. The 13.1 mile route takes in the capital’s world-famous landmarks on closed roads, including London’s famous Royal Parks. Just 20 places available!

Check out our website for the full list of upcoming events.

Contact events@farmafrica.org, call 020 78415163 or visit our website for more information.

“It’s a great honour to have been appointed new Chief Executive of Farm Africa and I can’t wait to work alongside the staff and Board of Trustees to deepen and increase our impact on smallholder farmer livelihoods in eastern Africa.” Nicolas Mounard, Farm Africa's new Chief Executive.

Nicolas is joining us on 22 February and is bringing with him tremendous experience in managing long-term agricultural programmes in developing countries.