What We Do
We accelerate grassroots-level solutions by placing resources directly in the hands of the finest environmental stewards—local people.
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the world’s poorest region despite the recent strong expansion of several African countries. More than a third of people in sub-Saharan Africa were already living in severe poverty, surviving on less than $1.90 per day, before the COVID-19 pandemic. More than half of the so-called “extremely poor” people in the world are from Africa.
Help advocates in solving the world’s most serious environmental and social justice issues.
Small Holder Farmers converted to Regenerative Agriculture Practices
Employ one million students, workers, interns and volunteers with the aim of lifting minds and communities out of poverty
Restore up to 2000 hectares of farmland using regenerative technics and carbon infusion
Increase carbon soil and reduce the carbon content in the atmosphere by the same number
Right to Resources
Growing resource reliance and expanding global economies have altered how people interact with the environment. The health of the water, soil, and air are being harmed by an increase in pollution, poisons, and extractive industries.
Prana Grants is one of the few organizations that places trust and decision-making power directly in the hands of communities to protect and restore their land, biodiversity, water, and the health of their families.
We listen to community needs before investing in locally-led action to monitor polluters and demand toxin and waste clean-up, restore critical habitats, and protect air and watersheds for future generations.
Ultimately, the only wealth that can sustain any community, economy or nation is derived from the photosynthetic process – green plants growing on regenerating soil.
Allan Savory
A Regenerative Community
The environment benefits when locals can support themselves and their families.
Examples of Grassland Restoration
Allan Savory at Tufts University
PG’s community-driven strategy means we are trusted by millions of smallholder farmers around Sub-Saharan Africa.
The following programmes, initiatives, facilities, and platforms aim to diversify PG’s portfolio and channel critically needed finance and support to smallholder farmers and rural people, ranging from climate change adaptation and weather insurance to increasing development impacts through remittances.
“Regenerative agriculture implies more than just sustaining something but rather an active rebuilding or regeneration of existing systems towards full health. It also implies an open-ended process of ongoing improvement and positive transformation.”
Charles Massy – Fifth generation farmer, scientist, pioneer in regenerative agriculture and author of ‘Call of the Reed Warbler’.
“A tree has roots in the soil yet reaches to the sky. It tells us that in order to aspire we need to be grounded and that no matter how high we go, it is from our roots that we draw sustenance.”
Wangari Maathai (1940 – 2011) – Kenyan environmental scientist and conservationist. The first black African woman to earn a doctorate, and to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Awarded in 2004 for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.
