ITF’s partner projects are funded from various sources, ranging from fundraising campaigns, legacies, monthly membership donations to those running marathons. But this year, one of our projects has been funded entirely from gifts at one couple’s wedding! Ina and David Stewart decided to donate half of all the money raised at their wedding to ITF,…
The results are in from the first season of planting for ITF’s 20 Million Trees Campaign! 68,500 seedlings were planted on deforested land and on farms during the rainy months of November and December in Kenya. Community groups from six towns and villages around Embu County, situated on the South-Eastern slopes of Mount Kenya, were…
Following a record number of applications, we are pleased to announce the successful organisations who will receive funding from our Sustainable Community Forestry Programme. Three exceptional projects were selected by the grants panel and will begin activities in the coming weeks. Spanning three different countries – Cameroon, Ghana and Madagascar – the projects aim to tackle…
In Eastern Uganda, in Budaka District The Village Enterprise Foundation Organisation (VEFO) launched a new project over the summer funded by ITF’s Sustainable Community Forestry programme. ‘Building Entrepreneurial Skills in Tree Nursery Management’ will support six tree nurseries to become small business entities over a year, aiming to raise 170,000 seedlings for the local community’s needs.…
