SPVO – AFYA: Advancing Farmer & Youth Access to Healthcare

About this project

Masaka is one of Uganda’s principal Robusta coffee-growing regions and is home to a large population of smallholder coffee farmers. Many farming households face persistent challenges in accessing healthcare and securing a stable income. The scale of these needs extends well beyond the reach of existing initiatives.The AFYA project addresses this gap through a complementary, farmer-centred approach. Working through cooperatives and other existing farmer organisations, AFYA explores locally grounded financing models that can help farmers access healthcare without relying on long-term donor or buyer subsidies.A sustainable approach to healthcare financingThe AFYA project aims to strengthen Uganda’s Robusta coffee value chain by reducing the impact of ill-health, lost productivity and poverty on farming households.At the heart of the project is an innovative financing model that enables farmers to access healthcare and repay the costs over time, in line with their coffee harvest cycles. Different financing mechanisms will be tested, including agricultural fintech solutions, Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs) and Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs).The aim is to identify a practical and sustainable model that farmers can manage themselves and that can be embedded within existing cooperative, trading and digital systems. This could help make healthcare more affordable and accessible while strengthening farmers’ financial resilience.What the baseline st…

Published by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency · Government

Countries

Uganda

Sectors

Human rightsFood crop production

Focus

Trade development · Also contributes

Funded by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Implemented by

ETC Export Trading Company (U) Ltd, Elucid Health Uganda, Ndugu Farmers Ltd, Elucid Health GGMBH, Pure Africa Coffee B.V., Ndugu International B.V.

Accountable

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Published by Netherlands Enterprise Agency to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 11 Jun 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27378529-SPVO25S010.

No updates yet.