On the 4th of March a three-hour non-stop dance marathon took place at Our Lady’s Abingdon (OLA) Senior School to raise money for two charities – mental health charity MIND, and ITF. This wasn’t just any dance session: it was a Sh’Bamathon! Sh’Bam is a dance workout class, featuring party music and latin-inspired dance moves.…
Today celebrates World Wildlife Day. 24 hours dedicated to appreciating and raising awareness about the amazing animals and plants inhabiting our planet. 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity is found in forests Climate change and habitat loss are two of the most critical problems faced by wildlife today and are directly linked to mankind’s exploitation…
We are delighted to announce the start of a new project with the Community Empowerment Initiative Network (CEIN). Founded in 2006, CEIN is a community based organisation operating in Kakamega County of Western Kenya. Our involvement with CEIN goes back to May 2015, with the launch of their 12 month ‘Moringa tree farming for a…
So Veganuary was a big success for the team at ITF. The five staff and volunteers who took on the challenge all completed the full month with only the odd mishap here and there. Our founder was a leading advocate for a plant-based diet as well as organic and sylvan (tree-based) agriculture. Most of us…
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…
Moringa for Enhanced Livelihoods is a one year project located in the Wa-West District and Wa Municipality in the Upper West of Ghana, an area of significant and increasing land degradation. The consequences of this for the local communities have been tangible – crop yields have decreased and many people are facing food insecurity and…
If you’re up for a challenge, we have just the thing for you! From 1st to 9th April, we’re organising the Mount Kenya Tree Challenge – a chance to contribute to planting some of the 20 million trees we’re aiming to plant by 2024! The Mount Kenya Tree Challenge is an opportunity to meet some…
This January, ITF staff decided to stick to a plant-based diet. As an organisation who’s main aim is to conserve, restore and replant forests, we decided to cut down our impact on the environment – and the best way was to change our diets. Miriam, ITF’s Fundraising Assistant, shares her experiences and recipes. Did I…
We are excited to announce that we have secured funding for a new project in Zanzibar, Tanzania! Aiming to increase the capacity of local communities in participatory forest management, the project will work on 10 villages around Unguja, Zanzibar. Zanzibar Association for Climate Change Resilience (ZACCR) aim to plant 12,000 mangroves. In addition, 25,500 trees of…
The cost of intensive agriculture Between any human society and its environment, source of food is perhaps the most fundamental link (Harris, 2002). It is well documented that the demand for high turnover, high density farming practices, predominantly to feed the developed world, produces a wealth of injurious environmental effects and has undeniably altered the…