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Edible Food Forest Project
Funded through our Community Resilience Fund 2025, At Flower Pod, we will support to build an ‘Edible Forest’ garden: a teaching space for horticultural skills…
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Reusable Clothing/Diaper Programme
Funded through our Community Resilience Fund 2025, this project provides washable nappies to help children with physical disabilities get out, attend school and live with…
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Supporting Women with Urban Farming in Uganda
Through urban food growing, We are helping a project in Bwaise, Kampala, set up by young women who werepreviously participants in a programme. The project…
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Construction of School Using Eco Bricks
We (The Kula Foundation) are supporting the construction of a complete new school – 1×3 classroom block – 20,000L rainwater harvesting tank – Drainable latrines…
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Installing 5000L Water Tank
This project will provide a 5,000L water tank and slabbing (foundation for the tank) for a school in Kenya, ensuring reliable water storage for daily…
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ISSB Opportunity for Global Development
Interlocking Stabilised Soil Block (ISSB) technology is revolutionising the built environment in underdeveloped regions by offering an “appropriate technology” that is as structurally sound as it is socially…
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East Africa School Design Guide
This school design guide, made by Enabel, the Belgian development agency, in partnership with the Feilden Foundation and a network of local and international stakeholders offers…
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Boundaries from Above
From above, the lines are clear. On one side, vibrant, bustling slum communities filled with resilience but burdened with systemic challenges. On the other, economically…
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Build an Apple pulp Social Enterprise
We are exploring the potential for initiatives that could turn discarded apples into dried pulp briquettes, an alternative to traditional firewood. This approach has been…
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Plastic Waste Recycling Centre
Project Title: Plastic Waste Management and Recycling in Rural Kenya Lead Researcher: Shaina Vaghela (Volunteer) Chosen Location: Nyali, Mombasa County, Kenya Funding Request Estimate: £30,000 Build + Implementation +…
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Eco Soil Brick – ISSB Inspired
Made from the Clay Beneath Our Feet from Our Gardens this is Designed to Build Sustainable Futures At The Kula Foundation, we believe that the…
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Community Kitchen Project
The Kula Foundation is proud to announce the early development of our next international initiative: a Community Kitchen Project in rural Kenya. Why a Community…
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Our Waste Can Be Turned Into Bricks
What if the solution to our housing challenges lies in our waste bins? In our ongoing mission to reimagine sustainable building practices, we have recently…
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Turn Paper Waste in to Insulation Bricks
When Nish visited Kenya last year for his sanitation pilot project, the experience highlighted both challenges and opportunities in sustainable construction. One pressing issue was…
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Designing with Local Park Friends
Parks are the beating hearts of our communities, spaces where families gather, children play, and neighbours connect. Yet in many local boroughs, parks have become…
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Ventilated Composting Toilet(VCT’s) Systems
Sustainable Sanitation in Rural Kenya A Case Study: Ventilated Composting (VCT) Latrine Project – Summer 2024 In the summer of 2024, the Founder of The…
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School Composting Toilet Block – VCT
Where the The Kula Foundation truly started How a single project became the foundation of our mission to design, empower, and transform communities. Introduction The…