ENHANCING LIVELIHOOD PROSPECTS
Together, We Unlock Potential and Drive Change
SAfA aims to create attractive livelihood prospects for the rapidly growing young population through comprehensive capacity building and empowerment. This contributes to reducing poverty, grow economic and personal resilience, and to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
Through cooperation and the pooling of expertise from different yet complementary sectors, SAfA implements a holistic approach which responds to youths’ multiple challenges. Through the strategic combination of skills, resources, and local partnerships, we deliver targeted projects designed for long-term impact and sustainable solutions for generations to come.
A Future Driven by Africa’s Youth
At SAfA, we believe that Africa’s youth are the key to creating thriving communities.
Our vision is a future where young people are equipped with the knowledge and skills to lead meaningful and self-determined lives. By addressing systemic barriers, we aim to empower them to become leaders in their own right and active drivers of positive change.
SAfA’s work focuses on addressing the root causes of poverty, unemployment, and inequality in three interlinked core areas:
Agriculture
Professionalize young people in agriculture and across agricultural value chains.
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Provide higher education and vocational training in logistics, supply chain management and entrepreneurship.
Health/SRHR/ Family Planning
Expand access to information and critical health services, including sexual and reproductive health and rights and family planning.
Learn more about how we create change:
Transforming Lives in Ethiopia and Tanzania
The projects implemented so far in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Oromia regions, and in Tanzania’s Mbeya, Songwe, Kilimanjaro, and Arusha regions, are making a measurable difference by strengthening agricultural value chains, improving logistics education, and expanding access to health services, while also tackling youth unemployment, promoting gender equality, and fostering success in agriculture and entrepreneurship. They are currently reaching over 120,000 young people.
Ethiopia
Tanzania
By addressing the unique challenges in these regions, SAfA lays the foundation for a future where young people can lead self-reliant, prosperous lives.
A Foundation Alliance Built on Collaboration
SAfA is an innovative partnership of three foundations. By combining their expertise and resources, these foundations tackle complex challenges collaboratively, aiming at greatest possible impact and synergies.
Kühne-Stiftung:
Specializing in academic and vocational education on logistics and supply chain management.
Rossmann Stiftung:
Supporting SRHR, family planning and social well-being.
Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS):
Supporting young people, their farming families and communities in rural areas to engage in modern agriculture to attain better living conditions.
By combining their expertise and resources, these foundations tackle complex challenges collaboratively, aiming
at greatest possible impact.
A Future Driven by Africa’s Youth
At SAfA, we believe that Africa’s youth are the key to
creating thriving communities. Our vision is a future
where young people are equipped with the knowledge
and skills they need to lead meaningful, independent
lives. By addressing systemic barriers, we aim to
ensure that young people can contribute to become a
leader in their own right.
Become a Partner
By partnering with SAfA, you can help scale transformative programs that create measurable, lasting change for Africa’s youth. Together, we can empower the next generation to build resilient communities and sustainable futures.
What Our Teams and Partners Say
„Many of my fellow youth are money oriented, but fail to understand that nothing can be worth more than knowledge. I have gained important knowledge and I am now able to make sense of previously confusing issues such as climate change. It was a huge challenge for those of us that depend on agriculture for a living.”
Caroline Kaaya
Secretary-Glorious YC Arusha
„The YAIG session and agriculture education manuals we received were practical and eye-opening. They helped me grow both in the group business and my personal agribusiness.”
Shukri Shafi
YAIG Leader in Bunno Bedele, Oromia
„Entrepreneurship trainings have helped me grow my business. I now know how to keep record of my expenditures and calculate my profit margin. Through these trainings, I am able to make proper use of the income I generate, and keep some for savings.”
Vicky Macha
Member of Mbokomu YC in Kilimanjaro
„I was initially skeptical of the conservation agriculture trainings I was acquiring here. After seeing the positive results, I now replicate whatever I learn from the demo plot back home. My family is impressed!”
Faustine Haule
Member of Mshikamano YC Songwe
„I started my agribusiness by renting small land, but through planning, teamwork, and shared decision-making with my wife, we’ve expanded into multiple plots and ox fattening. Every season has become a new opportunity to grow — together.”
Temesgen Kinde
Co-facilitator in West Gojjam, Amhara YAIG Name: Edget Behibret
„Irrigation was not common in our area. It was after joining the YAIG platform under the SAfA Ethiopia project that I gained the knowledge to start my own agribusiness.”
Teka Tesfaye
Accountant of Burka Dabena, Oromia