OTEPIC is a community based grassroot organization, which is working with and teaching people, especially women and youth groups, in the fields of food security, water supply, renewable energies and peace education in Trans Nzoia county in Kenya. Organic Technology Extension and Promotion of Initiative Centre (OTEPIC) empowers our community to grow and enjoy our own food through providing grassroo
ts education in ecological agriculture, cultivating hands-on demonstration gardens, and promoting innovative, community-based approaches to sustainable development in the Trans Nzoia district of northwestern Kenya. We seek to mobilize local people, particularly women and youth, to be the change we wish to see in our community. We focus on community-based agriculture as a primary means of eradicating poverty and poor family health in Kenya. We focus on maximizing the usage of locally-available renewable resources to improve soil health and fertility as well as promote whole system farming and ecological farm management. Since its inception, OTEPIC has made great progress in helping local people integrate proven organic methods into small-scale food production. Over 2,000 participants from approximately 25 community groups have been trained in ecological farming practices and have integrated this knowledge in their farms and gardens. OTEPIC has also promoted numerous grassroots initiatives such as growing portable gardens, making charcoal briquettes, building solar food driers, advocating for humane animal treatment, educating about nutrition for HIV/AIDS, and organizing trash clean-up days. For further information check our website www.otepic.org!
