Lasting change begins in the world’s most remote places.
Raising The Village (RTV) is a non-profit organisation based in Canada and Uganda that works to eradicate extreme poverty in remote rural communities. Through a holistic, community-driven approach, RTV ensures that families achieve lasting self-sufficiency and resilience, creating a brighter future for some of the world’s most underserved populations.
Approach
The project aims to reduce poverty levels in Ugandan coffee growing regions through a cost-efficient graduation approach. Through various measures, the approach aims for income improvement and community development.
Within the project, RTV
- Facilitates community-based trainings in good agricultural practices for seasonal and perennial crops including coffee, in WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene), soft skills, and marketing
- Distributes improved seeds and tools
- Provides health-related support
- Establishes improved access to clean and safe water sources
- Supports the establishment of Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs)
The objective is to improve economic well-being and ensure sustainable income growth post-project. After 24 months, the project aims for:
- an increase in average household income above USD 2.00/day (PPP 2017)
- a reduction in PPI (Poverty Probability Index) to less than 22%
- 60% of households reporting an improved quality of life
EVALUATION & LEARNING
The project is externally evaluated by the research firm Laterite via a stepped-wedge clustered Randomized Control Trial (RCT) with the parish as cluster unit.
The evaluation intends to address the following questions:
- Which causal effects does the program have on key indicators including gross and net household income, household asset endowment, coffee revenue and profits, best practice adoption and yield?
- How do project effects vary between different demographic groups?
- Which core project components and pathways are driving these outcomes?
- How do coffee-centered interventions contribute to the project’s outcomes?
Projected Return – Model Explanation
The forecast SROI of 9.1 is the strongest in our current portfolio — driven by a high projected income effect and relatively moderate costs per household of €116.
The income effect draws on an unpublished but publicly available RCT by Mahmud & Riley (2025), which found a 10% increase in household consumption for a previous graduation program in Uganda implemented by RTV. However, the RTV model tested in this project differs from the one evaluated in that study: livestock distribution has since been discontinued, and this project specifically targets coffee-farming households — a context not previously tested at this scale.
The current SROI range (0.9 – 9.1) is wide and primarily driven by uncertainty in baseline household income assumptions. We are currently refining this range and will update the model accordingly. Midline results are expected in February 2027 and endline results in February 2029.
All model figures represent present value over 10 years, discounted at 10%, deflated to 2021 EUR.
Read more about our SROI methodology here.
RESOURCES
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