In Kilifi, the sun is not just something we complain about because it is too hot. It is part of life here. So is the soil, even when the rain takes its time coming.
For many women, farming means working with both. They wake up, tend their crops, look after livestock and find ways to make the little the land gives them enough for their families.
But Kilifi is changing. Water shortages, intense heat and unpredictable weather are making farming harder, especially for women who depend on the land for their livelihoods.
And this is where we start asking a different question:
What if the same sun making farming difficult could also become part of the solution?
This is where agrivoltaics come in. Through its climate action work, Uplift Her is bringing together approaches such as agrivoltaics, micro irrigation, agroforestry, organic farming, soil conservation and water harvesting to support more sustainable ways of farming.
It is a different way of thinking about farming in a place where sunshine is abundant, but water is not.
Because the story is not just about the sun, the soil or farming.
It is about the women standing between the two, trying to make something grow.
UPLIFT HER