2025 Wrapped: The Haller Foundation
In 2025, one reality has become increasingly clear: the impacts of climate change are accelerating, and the communities least responsible are bearing the greatest burden.
Globally, 2025 is on track to be one of the hottest years on record, with temperatures in the early months averaging around 1.42°C above pre-industrial levels. These rising temperatures are reshaping ecosystems, livelihoods, and food systems in real time.
In Kenya, climate change is no longer a future threat but a lived experience. Over recent decades, the country has faced prolonged droughts, erratic rainfall, and increasingly frequent floods. In 2023, one of the worst droughts in decades affected nearly five million people, devastating crops and livestock and exposing the fragile links between climate change, food security, and rural livelihoods.
Agriculture in Kenya is particularly vulnerable. The sector is largely rain-fed and supports over 75% of the population, forming the backbone of the national economy. As rainfall becomes more unpredictable and temperatures continue to rise, staple crops such as maize, beans, and coffee face declining yields. For many smallholder farmers, this has translated into rising poverty, food insecurity, and uncertainty about the future.
Experts warn that without urgent adaptation, agricultural productivity in parts of Africa could fall by up to 20% by 2050. The UN’s 2025 State of Food Security and Nutrition report underscores this urgency, finding that Africa was the only region where hunger and malnutrition increased this year. These trends highlight a stark truth: addressing climate change and supporting smallholder farmers are inseparable challenges.
Against this backdrop, the Haller Foundation has continued to work directly with smallholder farmers, equipping them with the tools, knowledge, and support needed to improve their livelihoods while restoring the natural environment. Over the past year, three themes have stood out across our work: the critical role of technology, the immense value of collaboration, and the need to unite ecology and economy rather than treating them as separate goals.
Technology as a Catalyst for Change
Technology continues to underpin and amplify much of our impact. In 2025, the Haller Farmers App was awarded the Environmental Impact Award at the 9th annual Digital Leaders Impact Awards.
The impact of the app was amplified through our partnership with La Maison de l’Artemisia. Translating the app into French and enriching it with specialist expertise on Artemisia annua and Artemisia afra.
As a result, the Haller Farmers App is now accessible to an estimated 200 million French-speaking smallholders. Through the platform, farmers can access practical guidance on sustainable farming, begin their transition to agroecology, strengthen community networks, and improve the health of their soils, livestock, and families.
The judges highlighted not only the app’s accessibility and alignment with farmers’ real-world needs, but also Haller’s innovative white-label model, which enables like-minded organisations to adopt, adapt, and scale sustainable agricultural solutions globally.
Looking ahead to 2026, we remain committed to continuously iterating and improving the technology we use. Ensuring it remains farmer-led, locally relevant, and responsive to the evolving challenges posed by climate change.
Collaboration to Deepen and Scale Impact
Collaboration has been central to reaching more people and strengthening our impact over the past year. In 2025, we were privileged to work alongside a diverse group of partners who share our commitment to community-led, sustainable development.
Through partnerships with organisations such as Samburu Girls, Tsavo Trust, and ARES NGO, Milgis Foundation, Harvest Food Forest, and Novice Kitchen, we have supported initiatives that span sustainable agriculture, conservation, education, nutrition, and livelihoods. Each partnership brings knowledge, complementary expertise and a shared belief that lasting change is only possible when communities are at the centre.
Together, these collaborations have enabled us to reach new regions, test innovative approaches, and strengthen the resilience of the communities we serve.
Uniting Ecology and Economy
At the heart of Haller’s work lies a simple but powerful principle: people will only protect the environment if it makes economic sense to do so. True sustainability cannot exist where livelihoods are insecure.
Throughout 2025, we continued working with communities to ensure they have the infrastructure and opportunities needed to improve their quality of life while restoring ecosystems. This includes investments in WASH programmes, improved access to education through libraries and computers, and reconnecting people with nature through spaces such as Nguuni Nature Sanctuary.
By linking environmental restoration with tangible economic and social benefits, we help communities build futures that are both resilient and regenerative. Where healthy ecosystems support thriving livelihoods.
Looking Ahead
As we close another year, we want to extend our sincere thanks to our partners, supporters, donors, and the farming communities we work alongside. Your commitment makes this work possible.
As we move into 2026, we remain focused on empowering smallholder farmers, strengthening partnerships, and advancing solutions that recognise the inseparable connection between people and the planet.
