Climate Action Uganda Project #24329

Help Plant 533 Families out of Poverty in Uganda

by Trees for the Future

Project Report | Oct 17, 2019
Update on Uganda

By Michele Levy | Individual Donor Advisor

Dir of Programs Brandy Lellou talks with farmers

Farmers in Uganda continue to harvest vegetable crops, which are bountiful fruits of their labors during this season. They optimize their crops with contour farming, helping farmers shape their land based on slope to ensure they’re getting the most use out of their land while optimizing water use. Farmers also take this time to plant more crops on their farms to fill in extra space, maximizing production.

The combination of timber trees, fruit trees and vegetable plants have created more of an “abundance” mindset rather than a “scarcity” mindset with our farmers. With the Forest Garden, they have food for their family to eat and food to take to sell at market.

In addition, we are more earth-friendly through our enterprise-wide transition into using biodegradable tree sacs. These sacs are used in tree nurseries and help seedlings grow strong before farmers plant them into their fields. This transition is a major step towards a more sustainable planting future.

Work continues in Uganda but as the original project is fully funded, we’ve opted to close this Global Giving project at this time.

Existing recurring gifts will be directed to our project still to be funded in Tanzania.

Thank you for your investment in this work! Please take a look at our just released Impact Report in the provided link to learn more.

If you have any questions, please contact Michele Levy, Individual Donor Advisor at 301-565-0630 ext 203 or michele@trees.org.

Our team has boots on the ground

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Aug 13, 2019
Harvesting Crops

By Michele Levy | Individual Donor Advisor

May 15, 2019
Tree Planting Update

By Michele Levy | Individual Donor Advisor

Field optimization with papayas and vegetables

Farmers in Uganda have been bust preparing their nurseries and planting their trees. In this most recent rainy season in March, farmers were taking great care of their nurseries to ensure the best survival rate for their young trees. During this time, farmers had nurseries of fruit and timber trees. Each tree in their nurseries has a purpose that will serve the family at home, or be able to be sold at market. Fruit trees provide delicious and nutritious food for families. The fruit tree varieties, such as citrus, mango, papaya, and avocado, are consumed at home, made into value-added products such as dried fruits, and also sold at market. The timber trees, such as albizia species, provide wood for home building, poles, and furniture crafting. Timber trees they are growing now will help them meet their household timber needs into the future and be a valuable financial asset as time goes on.

When it comes time to out plant their young trees, farmers take great care to optimize the spacing of their trees on their land and make sure they have filled in any gaps on their farms that could otherwise be more smartly utilized. Trees for the Future technicians provide training and on-going guidance during this process so that farmers can make the most of their space and understand why planting trees in certain ways can be beneficial. For example, farmers consider the contour of their lands, so that when they plant, trees that need more water, such as citrus, are situated at the down slope of the land. That way, when water runs across the farm, the trees at the bottom of the slope can receive the most water. This helps certain trees get more water, but it also helps control erosion across the field. As farmers are now in the third year of the project, these techniques are increasingly important to ensure the sustainability of the land into the future.

Thank you for your support!

Ibrahima, TREES tech conducted recent trainings

Farmers discuss their plans for out-planting

Timber trees help provide for the family

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