My Mount Kenya Tree Challenge
The key to a greener planet is in our hands… My name is Aida Tamulyte. I’m a Machine Operator at Clipper Teas in Dorset. Last year, I was lucky enough to be selected as one of two employees from Wessanen UK to go and see first-hand the projects we are supporting through our partnership with…
An orchard for health and wellbeing
As part of the Fruit-full Communities project, YMCA Derbyshire has recently completed the transformation of an overgrown space into a tranquil orchard. They hope the space will promote the mental health and well-being of their residents and the local community. When the Fruit-full Communities facilitator team made their initial site visit in May 2017, they…
A fantastic opportunity to spearhead our Centenary Campaign
We are excited to be recruiting a Centenary Campaign Manager based in Nairobi to lead on our most ambitious project to date: 20 Million Trees for Kenya’s Forests. As we ramp up activities with different communities around Kenya’s key forests, we’re looking for an exceptional project manager to help us achieve the project goals, work…
A Short Introduction to Carbon Sequestration
My name is Julian Radford-Smith and I have been working as Programmes Volunteer at ITF. I took 6 months off from my studies at the University of Queensland in Australia, where I am very close to completing a Bachelor of Science (majoring in Ecology). At ITF, a lot of people ask us about the amount of…
Improved Natural Resource Management in Nkhata Bay
Patrick Kuyokwa, Projects Coordinator at Temwa Malawi, wrote this article about the Nkhata Bay Natural Way Project in our 2017 Trees Journal. Paul Laird, ITF Programmes Manager, who has visited the project twice, adds some details on its achievements. In Nkhata Bay North, past exploitation of natural resources by local communities, land degradation and erratic…
Stories from the Forest Restoration Front Line
The end of the year is always a busy period. On Mt Kenya, this is particularly true, as communities make the most of the rainy season to plant trees on the four sites being restored through our 20 Million Trees campaign. This is the moment when the hundreds of thousands of seedlings that have been…
Dom Community Food Forest Continues!
The Dom Community Food Forest project is part of the long-term collaboration between Community Assistance in Development (COMAID) and ITF, which started back in 2015. During this time, COMAID have planted over 30,000 trees and trained local communities in forest management, tree nursery establishment and tree planting. COMAID’s most recent projects have been made possible…