Zach Dorman

about me

How I GO Further

It was not by pure chance, a strike of good luck, or an event of serendipity that found me in Uganda this past fall. An extremity of my own, a thread of my personal constitution, maybe even part of the very framework that makes me, Africa continues to be apart of my life. Let's call it fate. This past fall I had the honor and pleasure to guide and instruct a group of gap year students for 6 weeks through East Africa. Our mission: to learn about and explore the global issues affecting the communities of East Africa today, while also seeing real solutions and meeting the very people behind them. Journeying into the heartland of Uganda, a landscape stricken from poverty and AIDS, scarce access to food and water, lack of infrastructure, health care and education, we did just that. And there we found Peter.

Teaming up with Groundwork Opportunities and Peter Luswata's own Uganda Rural Support Foundation we were welcomed to a model farm used as a training site to teach farmers in traditional and sustainable agriculture methods, a community center to bring people together, and a educational haven to make change and bring development to the people around Masaka, Uganda. Using food security as a foundation for healthy growth, the focus is food. If people have enough to eat, they will be able to learn, be able to provide for themselves, and be able to take care of themselves. Peter is a beacon of hope in today's world and is making things happen. Just look at the numbers. 3,000 famers trained, 35 cooperative farms started, over 10,000 people impacted, all from the farm. Growing maize for flour, building water catchment systems for agriculture, bee keeping to harvest honey, raising goats for fertilizer and reproduction, the list goes on and on. Aside from raising the economic bar, Peter is brining a sense of pride, ownership and happiness to these people.

Never in all my travels in Africa or elsewhere have I met a more motivated, passionate, inspired or caring individual. For the first time I come home with a new sense of faith and optimism. Good things are happening and we can all learn a little bit from Peter. My campaign begins with raising funds to further Peter's progress, his constant outreach, and his devout vision going forward. It's not stopping here.

I'm asking for your contribution, big or small, any amount helps. $20 is significant. Remember to check with any matching policies your company may have to double your impact! Guaranteed by Peter and Groundwork Opportunities, 100% of donations go directly to the farm and the people of Masaka. And I will follow up with you and let you know how your impact is helping this community.

To begin your support click on the donate button above.

Your help is humbly appreciated,

Zach