Please refer to the following links for further information about the programs of FPI.

Vision, Mission and Core Values

Capacity building services:

Business Training & Consulting
Agricultural Extension Services
Micro Finance

FPI-managed enterprises:

Amkatwende Agricultural Cooperative
Cool Stream Restaurant
Imani Workshops

FPI pilot and value-add programs:

FPI Farms
Food Processing
Poultry Feed & Egg Production

Click here to watch a short video about passion fruit farming in Kenya, featuring AMPATH's Green World Nurseries.

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Income Security

FPI – Family Preservation Initiative

Family Preservation Initiative (FPI) provides income generating programs to help HIV-positive patients and their families get back on their feet.
Providing anti-retroviral drugs and support for their safe administration is the core of HIV treatment, but much more is needed. The majority of patients cared for by AMPATH are among the poorest in the world. Many have lost their spouse. Though sick themselves and lacking basic human necessities, most patients remain the sole support for multiple vulnerable children. If these patients are to escape perpetual dependence on the donor community, comprehensive care must take on a whole new meaning and sense of urgency. Most of the patients presenting to FPI are single, widowed mothers, unable to pay their rent, feed their family adequately, or have serious domestic issues threatening the security of themselves and their families.
The goal of the Family Preservation Initiative is to give assistance without encouraging dependency through offering income generating programs.

Since its inception in 2003 FPI has had the mandate to turn around AMPATH clients economic status targeting the most vulnerable. In seeking to impart economic sustainability to clients both in the rural and urban areas it has embraced Vision, Mission and Core Values.

FPI is the economic security program of the Academic Model for Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH). FPI provides services in three key areas:

Capacity-building services: Programs in the capacity-building arena include: business and agricultural training courses, business and agricultural consultancy, and microfinance
FPI-managed enterprises: Enterprises FPI actively maintains and manages include: Imani Workshop, Cool Stream Restaurant, and the Amkatwende Agricultural Co-operative
FPI pilot and value-add programs: FPI Farms (5 sites), poultry feed and egg production, and food processing FPI is currently offering services in ten sites.