About Biggi Family Project

Biggi Family Project, is a Uganda based Non-Governmental Organisation that offers a wide range of research, training and social transformation opportunities to less privileged communities across Uganda.

BIGGI Family Project (BFP) was conceived in 2002 with the passion of enabling communities to access nature friendly herbal medicine and healthier foods so that those who are chronically sick and those who want organic foods access it and live healthier lives. Biggi has herbal outlets in strategic areas of Wakiso, Masaka, Kampala and Mbale districts; so that sick persons easily access natural medicines. All our products are approved by the Natural Chemotherapeutic Research Institute of the Republic of Uganda.

Who We Are

Biggi Family Project is an organization whose core purpose is to provide nourishing herbal medicines to the most vulnerable populations; especially those suffering from chronic diseases like arthritis, infertility in both men and women, boosting body immunity for persons living with HIV/AIDS, Respiratory disorders such as pneumonia and other related diseases and illnesses. Our clients are always strained with high medical bills in hospitals, which cripple their income and hence making them susceptible to absolute poverty. Sadly this affects their job performance due to absenteeism perpetuated by ill health. With time they end up losing their jobs.

This has propelled us to start a skills training program so that the vulnerable persons acquire skills in processing nutritional medicine, small and medium income generating projects, and zero waste agricultural skills. We have also started a school so that our clients’ children get subsidized education. Children usually miss out on education when their guardians are constantly ill and strained with medical bills. So we enrol these children into our school and ensure that they acquire quality education with practical skills for self sustenance.

We also envision integrating entrepreneurial hands-on skills to formal education such that students acquire lifelong skills to help them create their own jobs. Since our target populations are the rural and urban poor we have included provision of education services to children through not only our schools but other partnering schools.

Governance

BIGGI Family project is governed by a Board of Directors who are responsible for strategic direction and policy formulation. The Board is headed by the Chairperson who is elected at the Annual General Assembly. Board members serve for two terms and each term takes two years.

Below is the organogram for our organization

Biggi Family Project Organogram

Vision

A world where people depend on natural healthy solutions for health and well-being.

Mission

To promote health, wealth and well-being among vulnerable people especially the chronically ill, the poor, women and the youth; through research and producing organic herbal products; providing affordable education opportunities and life skills; while creating sustainable partnerships for community sustainability and better livelihood.

Values

Innovation and creativity
Integrity
Respect
Team work
Excellence
Honesty

Strategic Objectives

Development and promotion of healthy herbal solutions and natural methods for healing.
Building synergies through formation of fora that bring together trainers and trainees in both natural medicine and practical life skills.
Promote production of standard products and joint marketing.
Promote manufacturing among small business owners who are managing (Small and medium enterprises (SME) in order to increase their income.
Skills development and education to vulnerable groups.
Promotion of organic urban gardening technologies especially for the urban poor.
Promote and carry out Research in natural medicine and organic agriculture.

Partners

We work with partner organizations with whom we share a similar vision and mission. These include:-

St Jude Family Projects and organic training Center Masaka
Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (UWEAL)
Schools and Colleges Permaculture Program (SCOPE) Uganda

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Key Interventions

Schools

Education is a gift that we all deserve, despite the lack of privilege that one might be born in.

It gives everyone a chance at being a better participant in society. It affords us the opportunity to dream big and better.

In this very spirit, we reach out to the most marginalised around us, extending as much as we can mobilise to offer them an education — at least at the Junior and Primary level for now. We hope to offer even more, as and when many more sponsors are willing to lend us a hand.

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Skills Training

Given the nature of our economy, not many seem to have a fair shot at meeting their basic needs. Formal employment isn't easy to come by and when it does, salaries just don't seem to stretch far enough.

We, at Biggi, have noticed how dire this situation is and come up with a number of skills training programmes. We believe these, if properly delivered, broaden not only the revenue streams of households, but also enhance a family's overall prospects.

So, twice every year, ordinarily in September and December, we run a couple of week-long sessions mainly focussed on cottage skills.

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Women empowerment

Women and young girls face a number of challenges whenever society is at its lowest. When poverty and ill health strike a family, the first victims of such situations tend to be the mothers or young girls, who on several occasions are considered the de-facto home makers.

When they're well equipped to shoulder such challenges, the family stands a decent chance at coming out of their dark patches stronger.

We understand how badly our society needs this, and endeavour to organise several seminars and workshops that sponsor a variety of women initiatives.

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Organic Farming

In order to boost the immunity and overall health of the many still leaving in under-privileged settings, our team conducts nutrition workshops that aim to instruct participants on the primacy of healthy diets.

We have over the past decade, been engaging in a range of organic farming activities, including seasonal crops and free range livestock.

We regularly interest a section of our communities in visiting our demonstration farms, where we teach them several techniques on how to grow and rear organic nutritional foods.

Many have learnt quite a lot and are in turn helping to teach others.

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