Dadaab · Garissa County · Kenya

Growing Sustainable Communities, Empowering Lives.

Green Harvest Empowerment and Action works with refugees and host communities to promote sustainable livelihoods, food security, environmental conservation, human rights, and inclusive community development.

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Welcome to GHEA

Rooted in community. Growing with dignity.

Founded in 2023 and registered as a CBO in 2026, GHEA is based at Ifo One in Dadaab Refugee Camp and serves refugees and surrounding host communities. We bring people together around farming, tree planting, poultry keeping, clean environments, youth activity and support for vulnerable neighbours.

Learn more about us

GHEA team members gathered around freshly prepared soil during a farming activity in Dadaab

Mission & Vision

🌱 Our Mission

To empower refugees and host communities through sustainable agriculture, food security, environmental conservation, human rights awareness and inclusive livelihood opportunities.

🌍 Our Vision

Resilient, food-secure and inclusive communities in Dadaab where every person can live with dignity and opportunity.

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What we work on

A GHEA farmer tending young vegetable beds with a green watering can nearby in Dadaab

Sustainable Agriculture

Kitchen gardens, leafy vegetables, tree planting and climate-smart farming.

A poultry keeper caring for healthy chickens as part of a household livelihood activity

Poultry & Livelihoods

Poultry production for nutrition and household income.

Community members seated in a circle under trees during a GHEA community meeting in Dadaab

Youth, Sports & Health

Positive youth engagement, teamwork and community well-being. Pictured here: a community meeting under the trees.

🥬 Food security

Households need reliable access to nutritious food and the means to grow or earn it.

🌳 Environment

Tree planting, clean-ups and climate awareness protect the land everyone depends on.

🤝 Inclusion

Orphans, persons with disabilities, widows and older people must not be left behind.

Our approach

Community participation first · sustainability in every activity · dignity and safeguarding · partnership between refugee and host communities · accountability to the people we serve.

From the field