Since 2020, we’ve been planting trees that empower people with disabilities in Kasese District, Uganda with our partner, Karambi Group of People With Disabilities (KaGPWD). In this post, Godfrey Bwambale, KaGPWD’s Programmes Director, shares his background and what led him to his current role as well as his hopes for the future.

We are running a project in Meru, Kenya to plant trees that restore biodiversity in the Mount Kenya Reserve - a unique biodiversity hotspot that serves as breeding site and migration for elephants .

In Kenya, we’re working in partnership with Globe Gone Green to plant 30,200 trees with students from 23 schools across Nakuru County.

Applications are now open for the 2022 UK Community Tree Planting grant cycle!

This year, marks 100 years of our work planting, protecting and promoting trees around the world. To mark such a remarkable anniversary, we gathered with local partners and tree lovers to celebrate

I’m often asked what the cost of planting a tree is. That’s not always a straightforward question and I wanted to briefly share an example to explain.

Kenyan Conservationists successfully lobby against a proposed Bill which sought to repeal a vital law that safeguards the integrity of Kenya’s forests.

10% of Kenya's native tree species are threatened with extinction. Together, with Botanic Garden Conservation International we are working with communities and partners to ensure that none of Kenya’s tree species become extinct.

As a volunteer I am lucky to be in a position where I can support and learn more about ITF’s important work whilst also developing the skills for a future career in communications.

In celebration of Volunteers’ Week 2022, we asked, Helen, our Communications Volunteer a few questions about her time volunteering with ITF.

Discover how we're supporting a community in Truro, Cornwall to boost mental health and wellbeing through tree planting.

This International Day for Biological Diversity, we are celebrating all life on earth, from microorganisms, to plant and animal life.

Many of ITF’s supporters today were inspired to join us after meeting St Barbe in person. Some have been generously planting trees with us for 50 years, such was the deep impact of our founder. As part of our centenary celebrations, we’ve been asking for memories of St Barbe. Here are just a few.

We partnered with Kitui Development Centre (KDC), a women-led Community Based Organisation, to restore the degraded landscape in Kitui County, Kenya and reduce the adverse effects of climate change on the community.

We celebrated Earth Day 2022 by planting trees young school going children in Kitui County, Kenya.

To save the planet, we must put communities at the heart of the restoration fight to protect and improve their wellbeing and livelihoods.

“We had missed out on the species which provide medicine, food, honey and weaving materials which were very important in our lives but now we are like kings since we can access these resources at any time.”

We’re working with Environment and Agroforestry Foundation (EAF) to promote the conservation and restoration of the riparian forests within the Black Volta Basin catchment areas in Northwest Ghana.

Through training on agroforestry and alternative land restoration techniques, this project is supporting communities in Katavi, Western Tanzania to build resilient and sustainable futures.

Learn how we're with with our local partner Karambi Group of People with Disabilities, to empower local communities in Western Uganda through food forestry.