Community-owned climate action
Climate finance
shouldn't stop in
capital cities.
Building community-owned climate resilience systems across Africa through locally led adaptation, climate finance, ecosystem restoration, and green livelihoods.
O'Motherlands at a glance
Climate finance, delivered where climate change is felt.
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Climate finance mobilised
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People reached through community-led climate action
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Community climate projects financed
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Forests and landscapes restored
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Clean energy connections delivered
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Community savings and revolving funds mobilised
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Community Climate Finance Hubs established, supporting frontline communities in Kenya
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Youth and women climate leaders trained
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Estimated emissions reduced, avoided or sequestered*
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Strategic partners working with us for climate impact
* Estimated emissions reduced, avoided or sequestered across financed projects.
Why we exist
The problem was never a shortage of money. It is a broken path to the frontline.
The climate crisis is accelerating, yet frontline communities that contribute least to climate change suffer the most severe impacts.
O'Motherlands is building Africa's last-mile climate-finance infrastructure by placing resources, decision-making power, and accountability directly into the hands of women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, farmers, fisherfolk, pastoralists, and marginalized communities.
We believe climate action becomes transformational when communities stop being beneficiaries of projects and become owners of the institutions that sustain them.
More about our mission
Our flagship innovation
Community Climate Finance Hubs
Locally governed climate-finance institutions designed to mobilize, manage, invest, implement, and sustain climate solutions.
- A climate bank owned and governed by the community
- A climate innovation centre and project accelerator
- A governance platform where women and youth hold the majority of decision-making roles
- Permanent infrastructure that keeps delivering beyond grant cycles
Our climate solutions
Integrated climate solutions for people, planet, and prosperity
Through Community Climate Finance Hubs we support eight interconnected solution areas delivering both adaptation and mitigation outcomes.
Renewable Energy & Energy Access
Clean energy powering climate resilience.
Read moreClimate-Smart Agriculture & Food Security
Building resilient food systems.
Read moreWater Security & Resilient Infrastructure
Water for resilience.
Read moreForest & Landscape Restoration
Restoring nature. Strengthening resilience.
Read moreOur impact
Proof that local climate finance works.
120,000+
People reached across frontline communities
240
Community-led climate projects implemented
12,000
Hectares of land and ecosystems restored
15,000
Clean energy connections established
USD 820,000
Climate finance mobilised to the last mile
6
Operational Community Climate Finance Hubs
The last mile should be first in line.
Fund a Community Climate Finance Hub, partner with communities, or contribute expertise to locally led adaptation.