Our Organization
GetCare Foundation is a development organization that designs and operates rural economic transition systems for agricultural and resource-dependent communities.
The foundation works at the intersection of livelihoods, environmental restoration, and local enterprise development by moving communities from informal survival economies into structured, market-linked and climate-compatible production systems.
Why We Exist?
Growing Hunger and Malnutrition
As of 2023, an estimated 735 million people globally faced hunger (World Food Programme, 2023), with 282 million in Africa alone, which accounts for over 20% of the continent's population (FAO, 2023). Additionally, 45% of child deaths worldwide are linked to malnutrition (UNICEF, 2023), and 1 in 3 children under the age of 5 in Africa suffers from stunted growth (UNICEF, 2023). These trends are alarming, and must be reversed.
Growing Poverty Gap
Globally, about 7% of people live in extreme poverty, but the figure rises significantly to 57% in sub-Saharan Africa (World Bank, 2023). Most of this population lives in rural areas with little or no access to markets, infrastructure, job opportunities or financing, worsening inequality. Our view is that these people deserve the needed support to improve their life chances, boost farming activities, and diversify income sources for a better life.
Gender Inequality
Women make up about 43% of the global agricultural workforce, yet they own less than 15% of agricultural land and access only 10% of agricultural extension services (FAO, 2022). These structural inequalities limit productivity and restrict household incomes. Research shows that if women received the same resources as men, agricultural yields could increase by 20–30%, reducing food insecurity and lifting millions from poverty (FAO Gender Report, 2022). Our goal is to promote equitable access to resources.
Environmental Degradation
Africa faces rising environmental degradation driven by unsustainable land use, deforestation, mining, overgrazing, soil erosion, and pollution from multiple sources. The continent lost an estimated 3.9 million hectares of forest per year in 2010–2020. More than 65% of productive land is degraded, reducing fertility and undermining food production and rural livelihoods.