CIVICOM AID
Civicom Aid is an INGO working with ultra-poor communities in East Africa’s remote villages, drylands, and slums. Our community-designed, community-led, and community-owned projects help family farmers improve farm productivity, young ones access education, and entrepreneurs create jobs.
Farmer-Managed Community Restoration
Civicom Aid’s Farmer-Managed Community Restoration Project trains marginalized family farmers through farmer hubs in remote villages and dryland regions of Eastern Africa to use low-cost regenerative farming techniques, such as soil restoration, tree propagation, and the Crop Health App.
Small Businesses Growth
The Small Business Growth project helps struggling businesses at risk of collapse recover, grow, and create five jobs for unemployed youth and women in Likoni, Moroto, and Bangladesh slum regions of Mombasa county, through coaching, productive capital, and social support.
VISION
Strong self-reliant communities across rural, dryland, and slum-areas of Africa.
Community Education Access
The Community Education Access project builds classrooms, toilets, and water points for underserved schools; provides school supplies for out-of-school children; and connects marginalized youth at Likoni Youth Hub to free BYU degree courses, STEM, entrepreneurship, and digital jobs.
Work With Us
We invite development partners, volunteers, and interns to join us in farming, education, and business projects serving marginalized ultra poor remote villages, slum communities, and dryland regions of Eastern Africa. You may support onsite, remotely, or both.
MISSION
We end poverty by uplifting vulnerable communities through education, food security, and digital opportunities.
How Civicom Aid Started
Their response was poignant: “In our villages, there is no water, no resources, no food.” Women and children traveled long distances to fetch water, and people in drylands struggled for every meal. The critical realization emerged—water was the key. Determined to make a difference, Jonathan initiated a multifaceted approach.
Starting with building water access in villages, he extended efforts to farming projects for food security, fostering prosperity. The next steps involved enhancing education and health to empower these marginalized communities. Through these initiatives, rural areas, drylands, and slums could break free from a century-long cycle of devastation and abandonment. Jonathan’s journey illuminated a path towards transformation, driven by the fundamental belief that water could be the catalyst for positive change.
In 2018 during a pivotal journey to Makueni County, Kenya, Jonathan Munyany encountered a stark reality. While touring the vast and flourishing properties of a wealthy businessman seeking help exporting meat to the Middle East, Jonathan observed a profound contrast. Amidst the prosperity of ranches, he couldn’t ignore the persistent poverty and destitution in the villages.
The absence of young adults, the vital force for community development, struck Jonathan deeply. Inquiring about their whereabouts, he discovered that many had left for towns and cities in search of jobs and reliable access to food and water. However, these urban areas offered little in terms of quality living conditions, with workers from villages residing in makeshift slums
Jonathan’s exploration revealed young men in the villages grappling with substance abuse and limited hope for the future. Disturbingly, some planned to marry young girls due to the scarcity of women their age. Motivated by these dire conditions, Jonathan delved into the issue further, visiting Nairobi to understand why young people felt compelled to leave their homes.
