HoneyCare Africa (T) Limited

Honey Care has since its inception established a number of very successful bee-keeping projects. Working closely with a number of carefully selected and reputable national and international developmental organizations it has promoted sustainable bee-keeping in various regions of Kenya.

Some of these joint bee-keeping projects are:

• Kitui and Taita Taveta Districts supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Kenya
• Coastal Rural Support Program in Kwale District supported by The Aga Khan Foundation
• A unique bee-keeping and biodiversity conservation project around the Kakamega Forest area supported by Community Action for Rural Development (CARD)
• A series of bee-keeping and reforestation projects within and around the Mt. Kenya National Park and Forest Reserve financed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) through the Small Grants Programme of the Global Environment Facility(GEF) Fund
• An innovative beehive leasing scheme in Western, Nyanza and Rift Valley with K-rep Development Agency(KDA) - Kenya’s largest MFI, Africa Now and financed by the IFC - World Bank, Soros Foundation, European Union and DFID.

Some of the other community-based bee-keeping projects established and implemented by Honey Care have been supported by the Community Development Trust Fund (CDTF) of the European Union, the US Ambassadors Self Help Fund, the British High Commissions Small Grants Scheme, Embassies of Germany and Finland, German Agro Action, Dorcas Aid East Africa, Action Aid, World Vision, PACT Kenya and the Kenya Wildlife Services(KWS) amongst others.

Honey Care is also working with over 400 independent self-help groups, women and youth groups as well as local community based organizations all over Kenya to promote sustainable community based bee-keeping in the region. To date, we have helped establish over 19,000 Langstroth hives across Kenya, and as a result are supporting close to 3,500 rural households earn supplementary incomes from bee-keeping.

In 2004, Honey Care expanded south of the border into Tanzania with the support of Swisscontact, the Swiss Development Corporation (SDC), the IFC World Bank and SNV Netherlands to engage traditional honey producers in the central and northern corridors of Tanzania.

In 2005, a similar venture has been commenced for traditional honey producers in the Northern rift regions of Kenya with the assistance of SNV Netherlands Kenya, the Community Development Trust Fund and several community based organizations.