KOMAZA is a nonprofit organization committed to improving the standard of living in impoverished communities by advancing sustainable development. Instead of treating the symptoms of underdevelopment and poverty, KOMAZA works to address their causes through our award-winning and innovative approach which carefully targets major impediments to development. KOMAZA institutes the framework necessary for the chronically poor to realize independent, cascading growth toward happier and more hopeful lives.
KOMAZA's flagship initiative is our tree farming project, which aims to end chronic poverty in rural communities living on barely-farmable land. We achieve this by unlocking the economic potential of sustainable forestry. KOMAZA targets extremely poor farm families which typically struggle to survive on less than 50 cents per day. The livelihoods of these families rest on a few acres of very poor quality farmland, and their crop yields are often devastated by erratic rainfall. KOMAZA offers these families farm inputs on credit, appropriate training and special breeds of fast-growing, drought-resistant trees to grow on land where traditional food crops do not thrive. When tree crops mature, KOMAZA works with farmers to access high-value timber product markets. The end result is a self-sustaining project which offers life-changing income improvements to some of the most needy families on the planet.
