Ndongo United Herbalists Association | Empowering Communities Worldwide

Our Thematic Areas

We're committed to addressing the most pressing challenges facing communities in western Uganda. Here are some of the initiatives we're currently working on.

Sustainable Agriculture

Advancing agroecology and nutrition through vegetable growing healthy food forests. Ndongo has trained 850 smallholder farmers in organic agriculture including vegetables and supporting them with food forests using agroecology principles and practices which encourages synergy between different farm elements and restores nutrients to degraded soil.

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Herbal medicine

Herbal Medicines Growing and Processing: Herbal medicine has been one of Ndongo’s foundation programs after realizing that the Rwenzori region is blessed with indigenous plants that can improve health. As many people cannot afford either public or private healthcare in these areas,

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Natural Resource conservation

Ndongo United provides an affordable alternative for simple ailments. Ndongo has established 1 acre botanical garden and 5 acres of land forested with varieties of endangered plant species. The picture below is of the Ndongo forest of 5 acres found in Kisinga, Kasese district-Uganda.

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Skills development

Castor Oil Production: Castor production and processing is one of Ndonga’s primary projects. Ndongo has trained 150 farmers to grow castor organically and provides them with seeds. The farmers bring their castor harvest to Ndongo for sale. Ndongo purchases the castor seeds (thus ensuring that the farmers always have good market) and uses our oil press machine to process the castor seeds into safe, high-quality oil.Farmers have improved their income by 60% from 2022 to 2024 (based on the monitoring and evaluation tool that was developed in the year 2022).

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What People Say

Hear from those whose lives have been transformed through our programs and initiatives.

"Kagando Hospital staff Mrs. Rebecca Mbambu who acquired the skill and started her own with her husband Rev. Baluku Festo who are now successful in the project who are earning 50,000 Uganda shillings daily. During the monitoring visit by Ndongo, we found them having 100 substrates that yield 5 kilograms a day."

Mrs. Rebecca Mbambu

Skill desvelopment

""For years, I struggled with recurring health issues and had limited access to modern healthcare. When I was introduced to herbal medicine through NUHA’s community training program, my life changed. I learned how to grow and use herbs like lemongrass, neem, and moringa right from my backyard. Not only have I seen real improvements in my health, but I’ve also been able to help my children with natural remedies for colds and stomach upsets. Herbal medicine is more than just treatment — it has restored our confidence in managing our own health using nature’s gifts.""

Mumbere Dariu

Hebal medicine beneficiary

"Iam thembo Boniface, a founder and director Ndongo United Herbalists Association who is proud of starting this organization. we have treated over 3750 since 2004 to date with different illinesses like epylipse, respiratory infections, among others. Am also proud of having NAF for donating oil press machine to process castor oil for the treatment of skin diseases at the same time creating income to farmers through selling castor grains to the organization."

Thembo Boniface

Director NUHA

A community with improved health and livelihoods.