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Africa is facing a growing food crisis. Already, one in six children do not survive to age five - mostly due to hunger-related causes. Record food shortages will only make the problem worse.
One Acre Fund is an agriculture organization that helps East African farmers to grow their own way out of hunger.
75% of East Africans are farmers - the solution to their food crisis lies in their own fields.
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We help the poorest farmers in the world to grow more |
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We don't hand out - we empower farmers with tools, and they pay us back |
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We dream big - in 2011, we grew to 75,000 farm families, and we now serve over 130,000 farm families |
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We generate measurable impact - on average, we double farm income |
Our Work:
East Africa is blessed with abundant sunshine and tropical warmth - farmers should be yielding three or four times their current harvests.
Yet our farmers are still using Bronze Age techniques. Since they are starting from nothing, they need help in more than one area. One Acre Fund takes a unique, complete approach to unlock their potential.
The impact? On average, One Acre Fund doubles the profitability on every planted acre. Our farmers grow an average of 3,000 more meals per year.
A Complete Service Model

Results:
One Acre Fund is a metrics-driven organization. We carefully measure, and honestly report, all internal performance metrics. Our metrics follow three basic objectives: (1) Reach a lot of people, (2) Generate high-quality impact, and (3) Do it as cheaply as possible.
Metrics Matter
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1. Scale: families reached ![]() |
2. Average family impact ![]() |
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3. Financial sustainability: ![]() |
Act

Every extra dollar makes a big difference for our program, not only because a dollar goes a very long way in Africa, but also because we invest your money, we don't give it away. Every dollar is a step toward life-altering progress for one of our farm families.
If you decide to donate, we'd urge you to join our Investment Council for a one-time donation of $240, or a recurring donation of $20 per month. $20 per month starts two families on our program. Click here for our secure donation form.
In the meantime, please take a look around our site. You'll find information on our program and detailed descriptions of our impact, as told through stories about our farm families, and through our field data and six-month performance reports. You can also find information on other ways to get involved, news mentions, and other information about our organization.
And on behalf of our farm families, thank you for your support.







