Mission

KickStart International is a nonprofit social enterprise with a mission to lift millions of people in Africa out of poverty. We design and mass-market high-quality, low cost human-powered irrigation pumps that are purchased by poor farmers who use them to increase their annual net farming income by almost 500%. For the first time they can properly feed and educate their children, afford healthcare and plan for their futures.

What We Do

We give opportunity, not pity. By designing and selling high-quality, low-cost irrigation technologies, we are able to empower some of the poorest people in the world, sub-Saharan Africa farmers, to sell fruits and vegetables and lift their family out of poverty. After purchasing a pump and no longer waiting for the rains to grow crops, they are able to adequately feed their family, sell the produce to their community, and take care of their family's needs.