Okralink is developing a practical model that connects food production, skills development, entrepreneurship, and climate adaptation in Karamoja, Uganda.
Okralink works with three types of partners, each contributing in different ways to the same goal.
Foundations, development agencies, and climate funds supporting our work through grants, program funding, or co-financing. Your support helps us expand training, production, and research.
Individuals and family foundations who want to support specific initiatives — a training cohort, a set of mushroom gardens, or a research project. Concrete, tangible impact.
Impact investors and patient capital partners interested in building a commercially viable mushroom ecosystem — production, inputs, training, value addition, and markets.
Four practical ways to support our work, whether you're funding, buying, or collaborating.
Support a specific program area — training, production, research, or market development — with a defined budget and reporting.
Fund a concrete, tangible project with visible outcomes. Perfect for philanthropists who want to see exactly where their support goes.
Impact capital to scale production, processing capacity, and market reach. We're building a business, not just a program.
Bring skills, networks, or distribution. We're open to partnerships with NGOs, research institutions, agro-dealers, and buyers.
Every contribution translates into concrete action on the ground.
Fund practical training sessions for farmers, youth, and women — giving them skills that last.
Help us scale mushroom production to meet growing demand from households and businesses.
Improve our spawn production capacity so more growers can start with quality inputs.
Fund the R&D and equipment needed for new value-added products like powder and snacks.
Support research that improves yields, reduces losses, and documents what works in drylands.
Help us build the market linkages that connect growers to restaurants, retailers, and institutions.
We're transparent about how we allocate resources.
Okralink runs on a blended model — part revenue from mushroom sales, part grant and partner funding. We report on both. Every partnership comes with a clear scope, budget, and reporting commitment.
Growing mushrooms, managing gardens, running the site, logistics.
Delivering training programs, materials, and ongoing grower support.
Spawn production, tools, packaging, and value-addition equipment.
Testing new products, improving yields, documenting learnings.
Three reasons this is the right moment to invest in climate-resilient food systems in Karamoja.
Long dry periods and unreliable rainfall are making traditional agriculture harder. Communities need production systems that don't depend on rainfall.
Unemployment and underemployment are pressing challenges. Mushroom production offers a low-barrier, high-return livelihood pathway.
Demand for fresh mushrooms in Uganda is growing, but local supply is limited. There's room to build a real business — and to do it right.
Specific, ready-to-support initiatives. Each has a defined scope and clear outcomes.
Fund 50 ready-made mushroom gardens distributed to youth and women growers in Karamoja. Each garden gives a grower the tools and skills to produce mushrooms and earn income.
EnquireSupport a full training cohort — 20 participants over a complete mushroom production curriculum. Includes materials, trainers, meals, and follow-up support.
EnquirePartner with us to scale our value-addition capacity — drying, milling, packaging equipment. A revenue-generating investment that expands our product line and market reach.
EnquirePartners, supporters, and collaborators helping us grow.
Whether you're a funder, philanthropist, investor, or collaborator — we'd love to explore how we can work together toward a common goal.