👩🏽🌾 Meet Our Founder: Nakyanzi Kezia
Plant-Based Advocate | Community Leader | Permaculture Educator
“Real change grows from the ground up—through seeds, through care, and through unity.”
Kezia is the visionary founder of Grain & Grace Foundation and serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Umoja Greenlands. Her work centers on regenerative living, food sovereignty, and holistic empowerment.
🌍 Leadership & Journey
💼 COO at Umoja Greenlands – Leading operations aligned with sustainability and unity
🌱 Former Director of Permaculture – Distributed seeds, tools, and training to rural families
🧒 Youth Empowerment Roots – Began activism with Action for Health Uganda (A4HU)
💻 Certified in Computer Studies – Nserester Complex International School, Masaka
🌿 Work Highlights
Regenerative Farming & Permaculture
Training communities to grow food and heal the landYouth & Women Empowerment
Centering marginalized voices in farming and entrepreneurshipNutrition & Food Security
Promoting traditional, plant-based meals for health and resilienceAnimal Advocacy
Ethical treatment, rescue, and education about animal rights
🎨 Bugembe Samuel — Director of Community Operations & Creative Empowerment
Bugembe Samuel is the Director of Community Operations & Creative Empowerment at Grain & Grace Foundation. He is the founder of Blac Arts and CEO of Blac Arts Academy, where he empowers youth through visual arts, recycling-based innovation, and hands-on skills training. With over three years of experience as a project officer at Anchors for Youth Afrika and prior roles as a youth counselor and peer educator with Naguru Teenage Centre, Action for Health Uganda, and Kitebi Teenage Centre, Samuel brings a deep commitment to SRHR, leadership, and youth entrepreneurship. Passionate about community mobilization and knowledge sharing, he uses art and education as tools for building a healthier, more financially empowered, and mentally resilient society.
🌍 Gjalt J. Wijmenga — Advisor on Conscious Living & Community Resilience
Gjalt J. Wijmenga is a lifelong seeker, writer, and advocate for conscious, off-grid, and self-sufficient living. With roots in naturopathy, homeopathy, microtonal music theory, and social justice, his journey has been shaped by a deep exploration of alternative knowledge systems including theosophy, anthroposophy, and just intonation. From living on a houseboat for 28 years to supporting self-sustaining communities in Uganda, Gjalt embodies a commitment to living in harmony with life and resisting the structures of exploitation. He now serves as an advisor and inspiration for grassroots projects focused on food sovereignty, ethics, and resilience beyond politics.
📋 Guiding Principles
Needs-Based Approach – Programs designed based on local realities
Animal Welfare & Rights – Promoting non-violence and ethical systems
Long-Term Impact – Community capacity over one-off solutions
Accountability to Affected Populations – Feedback-centered interventions
Innovation & Adaptability – Open to new, creative methods of change
Equity & Inclusion – Fairness across gender, age, species, and circumstance
🤝 Let’s Connect
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