About the Cause
Dubai Cares is a UAE‑based global philanthropic organization working to provide children and youth in developing countries with access to quality education.
Feed A Child, Build A Kitchen is Dubai Cares’ Ramadan fundraising campaign that supports school meals through community kitchens, helping children learn, creating dignified livelihoods, and strengthening local food systems in a sustainable way.
Kicking off in Kenya’s Embu County, where classroom hunger remains a major barrier to education, each community kitchen will provide 76,000 nutritious meals annually to 400 early learners across 21 rural schools, helping children arrive at school ready to learn. Beyond nutrition, each kitchen will create approximately 164 local jobs, mostly for women, support local farmers through local sourcing, reduce environmental impact through clean energy solutions, and offer a scalable model for strengthening education systems and communities across Sub‑Saharan Africa.
My Story
In rural Uganda, I have seen a painful contradiction: while farmers struggle with low incomes and youth face unemployment, large amounts of agricultural waste are left to rot or are openly burned, and families continue to rely on expensive, polluting charcoal and firewood for cooking. This reality inspired me to start AgriCycle Uganda. This campaign is not just a project to me it is a commitment to transform what is seen as “waste” into opportunity. We collect agricultural residues such as maize stalks, rice husks, and groundnut shells, and convert them into clean, affordable biomass briquettes. In doing so, we reduce deforestation, cut carbon emissions, and improve access to safer cooking energy. But beyond energy, this initiative is about people. It is about creating dignified green jobs for young people and women who often have limited economic opportunities. It is about empowering communities to turn local resources into sustainable livelihoods. For me, AgriCycle Uganda represents hope and responsibility. Hope that rural communities can build solutions from within. And responsibility to act now in the face of climate change, unemployment, and energy poverty. Through this campaign, I want to scale this impact reaching more households, training more youth, and building stronger community production systems that last. Every contribution brings us closer to a cleaner environment, stronger livelihoods, and a future where waste becomes wealth for Ugandan communities.