Kyeema Foundation

18/09/2026

We had visitors in fully feathered form last week.

Our friends from Sharing Hope Africa came to our Mozambique office for their first training in basic poultry management, and turned up in chicken costumes to mark the occasion.

Sharing Hope Africa is a young, fast-growing nonprofit founded in 2021, working with rural communities in Mozambique and Eswatini. In Licilo, Gaza province, they run a preschool for 60 to 100 children a year, and they're opening a third classroom this year. Their next step: a small poultry project to put eggs and meat on the lunch table, and build a bit of income to help the school along the way.

They've already started building the coop. Last week's training covered the basics for their managers; once the chickens have arrived, our Program Manager Ana will run a full Training of Trainers on-site in Licilo. The plan is to start small and grow the flock gradually. Sharing Hope Africa is currently procuring the birds and is keen to get started, so the sooner they can be delivered, the better. Costumes aside, we’re looking forward to this collaboration and what’s to come.

17/09/2026

Meet Mr Selishi, the vet vendor who plays a pivotal role in the I-2 vaccine supply chain in Sidama for our Newcastle disease vaccination program.

For five years, Mr Selishi has stocked the refrigerated vaccine vials that community vaccinators in Aleta Wondo, Ethiopia, need to protect village chickens from Newcastle disease. He saw that finding the cash upfront to buy those vials was the biggest barrier keeping vaccinators out of the program, so he made a call that wasn't asked of him: letting them take vials on credit, and pay him back after each vaccination campaign.

It wasn't risk-free. Some early repayments fell through, and Mr Selishi absorbed the loss. But the trust he built kept vaccinators in the program. Today, Aleta Wondo records the highest number of vaccinated chickens in the entire project, with more than 80,000 vaccine doses sold through his store in the past year alone.

A big thank you to Mr. Selishi for your trust and commitment to Sidama’s community vaccinators.

Kyeema’s ND control program in Ethiopia is supported by the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the ANCP.

08/09/2026

A healthy chicken flock starts with good biosecurity.

As avian influenza awareness grows across the region, now is a good time to revisit the simple practices that keep village chickens healthy and reduce disease spread.

Biosecurity is a key part of our village chicken programs in Papua New Guinea. Working alongside communities, we help farmers build the skills to prevent disease, spot early warning signs, and act quickly.

Our short video breaks down practical tips anyone raising village chickens can use.

Watch here:

03/09/2026

The newest project supported through Palladium: Make It Possible’s Our Communities Fund is about to get underway in Guatemala.

Implemented through Buenas Nuevas ONG, this 12-month project will support the construction of a community-managed water system in Campo Santo 1, helping improve access to safe drinking water for around 1,800 people. Alongside new infrastructure, the project will establish a local water committee and train community members to manage and maintain the system in the future.

We look forward to sharing updates as construction begins.

Read more about the project on our website:

Kyeema Foundation and Palladium are backing a new water system for 200 households in Campo Santo 1 through the Our Communities Fund.

01/09/2026

Looking for us?! 💛🌊

Our coral gardeners are looking brighter than ever maintaining and monitoring coral nurseries along the National Capital District coastline.

Thank you National Capital District Commission of Port Moresby (NCDC) for keeping us (sun) safe and funding the coral nursery monitoring activities!

28/08/2026

It’s always encouraging to see local leaders taking the time to visit community initiatives in action.

We were delighted to welcome Her Excellency the Caia District Administrator to one of the Boschveld Chicken Incubation Centres established through Kyeema Foundation’s partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Caia District, Mozambique.

The incubation centre is supported through the follow-up phase of the Sofala Province Water, Energy and Food Security (SWEF) Project, building on the achievements of the original project to strengthen food and nutrition security, increase household incomes and build long-term resilience. The SWEF Project is funded by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA).

The visit highlighted how these locally run incubation centres are helping make improved Boschveld chickens more accessible to smallholder farmers while creating opportunities for local entrepreneurs. Together, they’re supporting stronger poultry production, better household nutrition and more resilient livelihoods.

We were grateful for Her Excellency’s recognition of the centre’s progress and its contribution to local development.

20/08/2026

187,350 chickens vaccinated. 17,500 households reached. All in three months.

That's the scale of this quarter's Newcastle disease vaccination campaign across Nampula and Zambézia provinces in Mozambique, covering 145 communities and well ahead of what we'd planned for the round.

This work sits under the Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative (AID-I), led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), which has partnered with Kyeema to deliver the livestock (poultry and goats) component of the program in Mozambique.

It was a busy quarter on every front. Over 17,000 farmers completed poultry training. Three field days in Zambézia brought in 548 participants, more than half of them women. And 12,952 goats and sheep were treated for health issues across both provinces, supporting more than 5,000 households.

One of the most encouraging signs this quarter was that communities independently built 28 chicken coops and 25 kraals this quarter, using their own money and materials, after adopting the improved designs we introduced in earlier phases of the project, a strong sign of sustained uptake and ownership.

18/08/2026

For years, disease outbreaks forced Erkenesh to sell her chickens before they reached their full potential.

Without reliable Newcastle disease vaccination, keeping poultry through outbreak season was simply too risky.

“To avoid losing my flock during the usual disease outbreak season, I often sold my chickens in May before the outbreaks occurred.”

Today, thanks to regular community-based vaccination, Erkenesh manages around 50 laying hens and earns a steady income from egg production. That income helps pay for school expenses, food, household needs, contributions to her community’s mutual-support association, and replacement pullets to keep her business growing.

Even more encouraging, she’s seeing the same transformation across her community, with more families investing in larger flocks and treating poultry as a viable business.

Supported through the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP), Kyeema Foundation is helping strengthen poultry health and create lasting livelihood opportunities for rural households across Sidama, Ethiopia.

03/08/2026

Before every successful vaccination campaign comes preparation!

In July, Community Vaccinators in Ethiopia’s Sidama Region came together for refresher training ahead of the upcoming Newcastle Disease vaccination campaign.

Across Aleta Wondo and Aleta Chuko districts, 116 Community Vaccinators strengthened their skills in safe chicken handling, vaccine administration, record keeping and reporting, while sharing lessons from previous campaigns and practical solutions to improve future service delivery.

This work is proudly supported through the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s ANCP program. Thank you to our dedicated Ethiopia team and the Community Vaccinators whose ongoing commitment is helping improve poultry health and strengthen livelihoods across their communities.

23/07/2026

Our partners at the Rural Poultry Centre in Malawi were pleased to welcome Faraimunashe Nkomo and Second Secretary Oliver Twyford-Allen from the Australian Embassy in Harare for a recent visit.

The visit was an opportunity to see some of the Rural Poultry Centre’s work firsthand, meet with communities and learn more about the impact of its poultry development programs.

Thank you to the team for taking the time to visit and connect with the communities involved in this important work.