About us

Who we are.

FoHF has its head office in Jinja District, Eastern Uganda with its operational company property in Buyende District, about 48 km Lake Kyoga, a specie-rich ecosystem being affected by deforestation mainly from search for fuelwood energy and inefficient charcoal production methods and technologies. FoHF is growing biomass energy crops/trees on an 83 acre piece of land with intent of efficiently converting such biomass to green charcoal. FoHF using a system’s approach in raising and nurturing high energy content seedlings, planting, tree management and efficiently carbonizing the wood while not having a net carbon dioxide concentration increase due to increased tree planting and dedicated coppices management. Fountain of Hope Forestry envisions an energy secure community, diversified community livelihood sources, ecosystem resilience and biodiversity and climate change adaptation. The main activities at FoHF include, but not limited to:

Nursery management and tree production;

Plantation establishment and management;

Efficient green charcoal production through the casamance technology;

Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration and apiculture.

Cassava Farming

FoHF Strategic Objectives

To carry on activities of developing land, planting, growing, cultivating, producing and raising plantations of various forest species of proven utility and maintaining, conserving, protecting, preserving, tending, exploiting and managing in all respects, crops and trees raised or come up naturally;
To create and increase awareness of the issues of the finite resource of timber and forestry products, and increase awareness of the importance of forestry products in the lives of all people;
To increase awareness of the need to replant trees and encourage long-term, equitable and sustainable forestry development; and
Provide and promote education on the issues of agroforestry and planetary health.

Message from the Board

We are grateful to God for His Mercy and grace. We are two people that God has asked to foresee the running and development of Fountain of Hope Forestry so as to support Robert and Sarah in their ministry efforts for Christ and His glory. We equally hope to help the people/Country of Uganda farms efforts and good purpose.

Michael & Betsy Riggan

Board Members

Robert Sityo

Managing Director

Our Staff

Geoffrey has a forestry and biomass energy background with an over 11 years practical experience in the field of innovative biomass and other renewable energy forms aimed at increasing human resilience to a changing climate and economy. He has experience and expertise in the use of efficient biomass energy technologies with low Green House Gas (GHG) emissions to the atmosphere. He has a better understanding of community handling for technology adoption and diffusion, ways of enhancing community involvement in forestry and biodiversity conservation and the operations and dynamics of the charcoal value chain among others. Geoffrey is a planet advocate and believes that we are because the planet is. He was born and raised in Busoga, therefore has a better understanding of the ecosystem, adaptable agroforestry systems and species provenance preferences. His unique technical and team management skills drives to the direction in which FoHF is moving.

Geoffrey KALUYA

Technical Manager

Bosco TABULA

Finance Accounting and Marketing Manager

TABULA BOSCO MUKASA
Is a graduate of Makerere university in the field of Business administration with an accounting bias. He is perusing professional caliber under CPA Uganda. He has served as finance and accounting manager for a reasonable period of time. This accords him a pedigree in the office of the the financial manager

Mike is a highly versatile and practical person with over 20 years experience in agroforestry practices, nursery operations and plantation management. We tap from his team building skills to have our staff cohesive and working together for a common goal. Fountain of Hope Forestry’s community mobilization and extension of tree planting to such neighboring communities is coordinated and managed by him. He makes sure our workers are in good working conditions and well equipped (dressed) for their different assignments on farm.

Mike SITYO

Operations and Nursery and Plantation manager

Simon NADHOMI

Team leader carbonization group

Simon is a highly knowledgeable person and comes with the experience of working with community youth groups for poverty reduction and sustainable environment management. He has over four years practical skills in both green charcoal production and sustainable beekeeping. He has team building skills that help him mobilize others in his group.

John has a two years experience in plantation forestry establishment within Buyende District. He is pivotal in undertaking all our plantation routine activities to ensure vigorous and health tree growth. He carries with him a teaching background, which helps him to pass on information to those in his team.

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