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Global Alliance for Africa works with numerous agricultural cooeratives in order to build community capacity and increase household income so that families can take care of and provide sustainable support to orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS. GAA provides funding in the form of grants and training to grow such crops as sweet potatoes, onions, kale, bananas, tomoatoes, cabbage, sugar cane, maize, as well as other crops. The cooperatives sell these crops at local markets, and then distribute the profits to members of the cooperative. Some members of the agricultural cooperatives that GAA supported in the past have saved a significant amount of money, and have branched out into their own maize milling business, or have plans to start a ferry company on Lake Victoria or establish a home construction company.
The agricultural cooperatives that GAA works with are normally integrated with safe water cooperatives, animal husbandry projects, and micro-enterprise initiatives so that each of these income generating activities or small business are coordinated by community members to support the cost of school fees, uniforms, more nutritious food, access to health, and psycho-social support for the growing number of orphans and vulnerable children in rural areas.
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