On the 28th of April, ITF Chief Executive Andy Egan will be running the London Marathon to raise funds for one of our long-term partners. “I am running the London Marathon for the first time to raise funds for our partner in Uganda, Masaka District Landcare Chapter (MADLACC). For me this will be a big…
ITF’s partners Masaka District Landcare Chapter (MADLACC) in the central region of Uganda have recently completed a project called ‘Out Scaling of Agroforestry for Poverty Reduction and Improved Livelihoods’. This project focused on engaging school children in tree planting and tree nursery management within their school grounds. MADLACC also wanted to improve the productivity of…
With funding from our partners Wessanen UK, ITF has supported a series of community-based tree planting projects in Madagascar, as part of our Sustainable Community Forestry programme. These projects have been managed in partnership with the community based organisation Ny Tanintsika (Our Land). In 2017 Ny Tanintsika started a project titled ‘Endemic Trees for Sustainable…
The Montonnso Sacred Forest Project is part of our sustainable community forestry programme, which helps community based organisations deliver projects which help restore and conserve local forests and associated biodiversity as well as improve livelihoods through the sustainable use of trees for resources. The project was based in Ghana and worked with two communities bordering…
With the help of our partners Wessanen UK, we have been able to support Alpha Women’s Empowerment Initiative (AWEI) in Uganda with their grafted Mango tree planting project. This project, which is part of ITF’s Sustainable Community Forestry programme aims to mobilise and sensitise 300 women on environmental sustainability through tree planting. This will in…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…