Amuria Schools Tree Planting Project
Background In Amuria District, Eastern Uganda, ITF partner Save a Seed for the Future (SAFE) have started work with 10 schools. Working with both children and teachers, Amuria Schools Tree Planting Project (ASTREPP) aims to raise awareness about environmental degradation and give students practical skills in tree planting. Although the project is primarily targeting schools, SAFE believe…
Revival of the Community Spirit in Zambia
On the border with Malawi, in the Lundazi District, Eastern Province of Zambia, deforestation is largely attributed to a dramatic increase in the cultivation of tobacco, cotton and maize. Unsustainable farming, logging for charcoal and fuel, as well as wildfires are also contributing factors to environmental degradation in the area. However, a strong community spirit,…
Endemic trees for Madagascar’s smallholdings
In Madagascar, ITF partner Ny Tanintsika are halfway through their project entitled ‘Endemic Trees for Sustainable Agroforestry’, which aims to work with farming communities near the COFAV Rainforest Corridor. Ny Tanintsika means ‘Our Land’, and one of the aims of the project is to encourage communities around the rainforest to plant endemic trees on their…
Cultivating Potatoes, Growing a Forest!
A few months ago we promised some exciting news on developments to our Centenary Campaign in Kenya: 20 Million Trees for Kenya’s Forests. We’ve recently expanded our tree planting to Northern Mount Kenya, bringing on board a new partner – Mount Kenya Trust. Mount Kenya Trust will plant over 240,000 trees, restoring native forest. A…
Help us develop Tree Power
We’re looking for two consultants to support the development of our Tree Power schools programme. Tree Power is a holistic teaching resource about trees and forest resources, bringing the local and global together and incorporating elements from outdoor, environmental and development education. As we develop the programme, we’re looking for an education specialist and a graphic…
Fruit-full Communities reaches finals of Lottery Awards
We’re very excited to be one of the National Lottery Awards finalists for our project Fruit-full Communities, which works with young homeless people in the UK. Alongside our partners in the project Learning through Landscapes, the YMCA and The Orchard Project, we’re working with thousands of young people. Through training sessions including lots of outdoor learning,…