About Us
The foundation of our work is enriching the soil, improving harvests and removing carbon from the air at the same time.
Poor soil leads to poor harvests, erosion, and lower farm incomes. Higher temperatures and irregular rainfall contribute to erosion and poor soil. Low incomes mean little money to store and transport crops, causing food waste.
Not knowing where to start can mean problems go unsolved. But linked problems often share solutions.
At MicroSoleil, we start with people, principles, and soil.
We are hundreds of farmers committed to enriching the soil through natural means. More join us all the time.
We use existing social networks, available and sustainable technology and seed capital to add value to crops. We provide a framework for networking and training. We match buyers and sellers, raw materials and creators.
Our principle is learning. Knowing where to start is only the beginning, so we gather data about everything: farmers, land, harvests, how harvests become products and get sold—and a lot else!
In the last year, we’ve seen how putting carbon back in the ground makes a big difference.
Team
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Co-Founder/Executive Director
Co-Founder/Managing Director
Data & Product Manager
Julia Harrington Reddy first came to the Gambia over thirty years ago to work in human rights law and has traveled extensively all over the continent. Her human rights work taught her that ‘expertise’ can only be applied effectively when the people who are to benefit are full and equal participants in whatever action is taken. Julia has always been a keen environmentalist.
Bubacarr F. Colley a farmer from the Gambian village of Ndemban Jola. His family has farmed the land around his village for several generations. His mother and father were passionate farmers, who grew enough local rice to feed the family throughout the entire year. His mother farmed staple grains during the rainy season and vegetables during the dry season. Other women copied her in growing vegetables, and women’s vegetable gardens have now become a widespread institution across the country.
Olalekan is a nomadic social entrepreneur passionate about using technology, cross-sector business model that address social and environmental issues. He came to the Gambia as a volunteer after acquaintance with Julia and Buba in Senegal. He implemented our Agro-processing department after identifying the link between post-harvest waste and youth unemployment in Ndemban Jola, leveraging the community economy empowerment model by Hulucan Foundation an organization founded by him.
Olalekan Agboluaje
Julia Harrington Reddy
Bubacarr F. Colley
Fatoumatta Dumbaya
Baye Marie Touré
Senegal Country Coordinator
Fatoumatta Bojang
Agro-processing Officer
Media & Data Coordinator
Kaddijatou Colley
Accounts Clerk & Administrative Assisstant