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Life-changing training for one community leader, with the potential to train 1,000 others
Thrive for Good is a worldwide not-for-profit based in Canada and operating out of Kenya that provides organic agricultural training and development programs to people in 4 continents of the world. We train communities to grow high nutrient, disease-fighting foods, and herbs all year round, with scarce rainfall, utilizing small land plots available to community members. When groups reach food and health security, excess food is used for income generation.
Since 2008, we have been providing in-person training to individuals from across East Africa at our training center in Kitale, Kenya. Over the past 10 years, we have worked in 8 different countries, 750 communities and trained over 35,000 people. The current COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges to our programs, training and operations. Although the change has been hard to grasp, it has given us a chance to reflect and adapt. We are excited to share that we have launched all of our training online at the Thrive Institute. After just 25 hours of online training and with simple tools, anyone can set up a Life Garden. That means those who are worried about feeding their families… worried about keeping their families healthy can access life-changing training. The opportunity is endless for us to make it available to partners all around the world and impact the lives of hundreds of thousands. |
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Over the next 60 days, we are inviting individuals and organizations to apply for a free scholarship to access our training. Containing over 40 courses, 90 lessons, and 18 demonstration videos, this membership will empower and equip students with the training needed to start “Life Gardens” and grow nutritious, disease-fighting foods.
We need your help to raise enough money to fund scholarships for organizations like schools, orphanages, clinics, churches and even prisons, who don't have the resources to access this life-changing training.
The world is closing in on a ‘food crisis,’ and our training is needed now more than ever. The UN estimates that the COVID pandemic will add an additional 132 million people to the total number (700 million) of undernourished and hungry in the world. The World Food Programme has an informative, interactive map which I encourage you to visit here.
More than any time in recent years, the vulnerable population groups need access to training on how to grow healthy, nutritious food. Please help by providing a scholarship to those in need. All contributions are tax-deductible.
The Thrive Institute
2 billion people aren’t getting enough life-giving nutrients to reach their full potential and fight disease.
We believe the world’s biggest problem is hidden hunger. It impacts everything. Hidden hunger is a chronic lack of vitamins, minerals and micro-nutrients only whole foods can deliver. It shows up in EVERY country where the first priority is to get food in bellies, and where we only eat meal after meal of processed, white grains and corn.
It causes kids to miss school. It keeps adults from work when they’re chronically ill. And it orphans too many children.
The diseases caused by hidden hunger cost us too much to treat —if we have access to healthcare at all. And the burden of disease from Hidden Hunger limits global efforts to end extreme poverty. Because nutrition is a basic need and only when it’s met can people thrive.
Until now, the knowledge and training of a nutrient-dense diet has seemed out of reach for many.
But with training from the Thrive Institute, anyone can grow health.
The Thrive Institute is the first online training platform that empowers and equips students with the training needed to start ‘Life Gardens’ and grow nutritious, disease-fighting foods. Learners aren’t just taught how to grow nutritious, organic food, they learn how to grow sustainably and generate income from the surplus.
With an online platform that optimizes the learning experience through video, instructed course teachings, and online resources, students are able to advance their ‘growing’ skills any time, anywhere and on any device that is connected to the internet.
As part of the Thrive Institute, we are in the process of building a ‘Community Knowledge Hub’ which is an online portal that allows for cross-sharing, connection, access to further resources and above all, a community of like-minded world changers that support each other with their journey and lessons.
Over the past month, since we launched, we have had 60 users start their learning journey to grow their own healthy, nutritious, disease-fighting foods. Students have joined from all over the world including Liberia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Philippines, Guatemala, India, Kyrgyzstan and more.
Our capacity is far greater, and the opportunity of having online training is endless. We are targeting to train 10,000 students in the next 12 months.
Learn more at https://thriveforgood.org/institute/
Thrive Institute Scholarships
Our passion is to make our training available to EVERYONE. No price can be set on 10+ years of experience, research and best practices. Over 1 million hours of learning, gardening, research, etc has gone into the ultimate design and development of the courses at the Thrive Institute.
Scholarships are available for students that want to join the Thrive Institute and need support.
The scholarship process ensures that applicants have ‘skin in the game’ as the training still comes at a cost but they can receive discounted prices for ‘performance’ and engagement. This reflects our belief and ethos that an item has value, only when it was paid for and not given away.
Scholarship Application form: https://thriveforgood.org/institute/scholarship-application/
Thanks to an anonymous donor, we have awarded 15 scholarships to students in need. Every week we receive new applications and need your help to support their learning.
Partner Organizations
The quickest and most effective strategy to expand our reach will be done by working with partners already engaged in asset-based community development work. Partners are the doorway to hundreds of thousands of communities in the developing world that are in need.
Now that our training platform is launched, we need to get the word out to as many organizations and individuals as possible. If you are connected with a charity or not-for-profit that has a distribution network of partners ‘in the field’ or that is directly involved in project work, please send them an email directing them to our Thrive Institute website. We are looking to partner with all charities and will do our part, ensuring that the training is available to everyone by offering scholarships. |
Throughout the partnership, we resource, support, measure the impact and continuously train the new Champion.
What our partners are saying about the Thrive Institute:
"The training has helped our staff - they are applying the techniques at their homes. It has helped the institution to cut costs on food, and we sell the surplus for income. Diseases among the children have been reduced."
- Mark Kamondi, Managing Director, React Kenya
"We had an amazing {introductory} workshop with over 50 attendees. We had people that were NGOs, people that were agriculturalists and everyone was so zealous to get started on this organic, nutritional, medicinal, gardening. We are excited because we have 4 children’s homes and we are introducing this to them. One of the homes is already using greens and they do not have to buy any soup ingredients, they get it all from their gardens. 7 different projects have been started and we are in 3 different schools."
- Karen Barkman, Executive Director, Provision of Hope
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The Pro package is designed for community, organization and church leaders who are ready to become certified as a Life Gardener Trainer in their community and organization. It includes a complete suite of tools for full engagement and success. After completing the Pro Package, Life Gardeners will be empowered with income generating skills to supplement their new passion for health and nutritious food. We will provide Life Gardeners access to our Growth Fund where they can raise needed funds to launch Life Gardens in their communities.
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The Pro package is designed for community, organization and church leaders who are ready to become certified as a Life Gardener Trainer in their community and organization. It includes a complete suite of tools for full engagement and success. After completing the Pro Package, Life Gardeners will be empowered with income generating skills to supplement their new passion for health and nutritious food. We will provide Life Gardeners access to our Growth Fund where they can raise needed funds to launch Life Gardens in their communities.
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