{"id":17,"date":"2025-07-19T10:42:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T10:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemidaafrica.org\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-07-22T13:49:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:49:16","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lemidaafrica.org\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17\" class=\"elementor elementor-17\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d494b73 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d494b73\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fe052c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4fe052c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79442c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"79442c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/lemidaafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/About-us-lemida-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-266\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lemidaafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/About-us-lemida-1.webp 626w, https:\/\/lemidaafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/About-us-lemida-1-300x288.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acd56a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"acd56a3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-628b25e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"628b25e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d5ebf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d5ebf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column mcb-column mcb-item-6d51ff58c one laptop-one tablet-one mobile-one column_column\"><div class=\"mcb-column-inner mfn-module-wrapper mcb-column-inner-6d51ff58c mcb-item-column-inner\"><div class=\"column_attr mfn-inline-editor clearfix\"><p>Lemida Africa is a non-governmental organization (NGO) registered under NGO-8LFJ with its headquarters in Hurlingam, Nairobi. We are committed to driving transformative change in Kenya&#8217;s agricultural and forestry sectors by addressing food security, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability.<\/p><p>Through innovative approaches, we empower smallholder farmers and community organizations to maximize their potential, enhance value addition, and access competitive markets.<\/p><p>Our efforts are focused on creating scalable models that contribute to economic development and ecological balance in East Africa and beyond.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-uael-partstyle=\"nasa\" data-uael-partcolor=\"\" data-uael-partopacity=\"\" data-uael-partdirection=\"bottom\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e866cc6 uael-particle-yes e-flex e-con-boxed uael-particle-adv-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e866cc6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39792bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-uael-advanced-heading\" data-id=\"39792bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"uael-advanced-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"uael-module-content uael-heading-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"uael-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-heading-text elementor-inline-editing uael-size--default\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"heading_title\" data-elementor-inline-editing-toolbar=\"basic\">| Leadership <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d872ffc e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d872ffc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2364cc uael-member-image-pos-above uael-shape-square uael-team-member-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-uael-team-member\" data-id=\"f2364cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"uael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-team-member\">\n\t\t\t<div class = \"uael-team-member-wrap\" >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-member-wrap\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-team-member-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=elementor-animation-><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"307\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/lemidaafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Margaret.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-233\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lemidaafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Margaret.webp 307w, https:\/\/lemidaafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Margaret-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-team-member-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-team-member-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uael-team-name\">Margaret Kibogy<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-team-member-designation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-team-desig\">Executive Director\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fd604e elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile uael-member-image-pos-above uael-shape-square uael-team-member-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-uael-team-member\" data-id=\"7fd604e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"uael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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