Northern Kenya’s Milgis ecosystem is a vast and beautiful landscape surrounding the Ndoto and Lenkiyou mountain ranges. Water has always been precious here, but prolonged drought between November 2025 and April 2026 placed increasing pressure on communities, livestock and wildlife.

With funding from Fondation Eagle, the Milgis Trust Maji Project has been working to keep vital water sources operating across the region. The project maintains and rehabilitates 15 water systems, provides emergency access during periods of drought and supports wildlife through carefully planned water provision.

In Kitui County, unpredictable rainfall, rising costs and declining soil health make it increasingly difficult for smallholder farmers to grow enough food for their families.

To better understand these challenges, our delivery partner, Itanya Africa Group, recently conducted a baseline study with 32 farming households participating in a new Vertical Gardens Project, funded by The Regen Trust.

Earlier this year, Haller welcomed three members of the Harvest Food Forest team to the Haller Demonstration Farm in Mombasa for an intensive 12-day organic farming programme.

Before breaking ground on the Kikambala Resilience Initiative, Haller Foundation spent time walking the community, speaking with families, meeting local leaders and gathering evidence to understand the realities of everyday life. Over five field visits, our team surveyed 60 households across six communities, representing around 350–400 people, to establish a baseline that will guide the project and allow us to measure its long-term impact.

What we found paints a picture of a community facing significant challenges—but also one full of resilience, determination and opportunity.

The Haller Foundation is pleased to partner with Regen Trust to support a portfolio of regenerative agriculture initiatives in Cameroon, Kenya and Malawi, helping smallholder farmers and rural communities build resilience to climate change while restoring degraded land.

In coastal Kenya, water scarcity is becoming an increasingly urgent challenge. Communities face longer droughts, more erratic rainfall and rising pressure on already fragile water supplies. Yet even during the dry season, one critical resource is often wasted: rainwater that falls on rooftops and disappears as runoff.

In 2025, the Haller Foundation delivered over 2,800 patient treatments and 1,030 childhood immunisations across rural communities in Mombasa, Kenya. This World Health Day, discover how Haller's integrated approach to healthcare, conservation, and regenerative farming is putting the One Health framework into practice.

Expanding digital education and strengthening governance in rural Kenya through sustainable ICT solutions.

Delivering clean water and climate resilience in coastal Kenya through community-led rainwater harvesting solutions.

2025 in review: how the Haller Foundation responded to climate change by empowering smallholder farmers through technology, collaboration and agroecology.

Learn how Haller and Harvest Food Forest are training community gardeners to build resilient, climate-smart futures through school food forests in Kenya and Uganda.

Discover how Haller and the Milgis Trust are improving livelihoods in Northern Kenya through family planning, water projects, and ecosystem restoration.