Bringing Change to Remote Communities: The Role of Pharmakina’s Centers of Excellence
How training, fair sourcing, and local collection centers are transforming farming communities in Kivu From Isolation to Opportunity In the remote highlands of eastern DRC, access to markets, training, and basic services remains limited. For many smallholder farmers, distance directly affects income and opportunity. Pharmakina’s Centers of Excellence were designed to bridge this gap — […]
Growing Together: How Farmers Drive Impact Beyond the Field
A partnership rooted in long-term growth In the highlands of Kivu, agriculture is more than a livelihood — it is the foundation of entire communities. At Pharmakina, more than 6,000 smallholder farmers are part of a structured outgrower ecosystem that connects rural production to global healthcare. This is not a traditional sourcing model. It is […]
Women Leading the Fight Against Malaria in Kivu
Rooted in Kivu, Driven by Women In the highlands of Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the fight against malaria begins long before treatment reaches a patient. It begins in the soil, in the nurseries, in the collection centers, and continues through laboratories and pharmaceutical production lines in Bukavu. At Pharmakina, women are central to […]
How the Centers of Excellence Save Lives in Remote Communities
In some villages in eastern Congo, the nearest clinic is a four-hour walk away. When a child develops a high fever at night, families often have no immediate access to care. By the time they reach a facility, the condition may already have worsened. For diseases like malaria, where every hour counts, this delay can […]