Reforest native trees, empower women healers

Hello there,

I hope this letter finds you, wherever you may be, happy and well. I don’t know if you’ve seen the news lately, but in the realm of the health of the planet and its peoples, there has been a slew of devastating news. 

It started with the Southern African floods that swept across Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe–taking with it thousands of homes and hectares of crops, in a region that already suffers from chronic food insecurity. Soon following came the mega flooding that just hit the midwestern states of the US, impacting corn, soybean and wheat farmers especially hard. For those of us that have been combating climate change with sustainable solutions for awhile now, these news headlines tugged at our heart strings in empathy for those impacted, but they didn’t necessarily surprise us. 

We’ve been well aware of climate change predictions, and how it will impact not only the environment, but humans on this planet. And more specifically, how those most vulnerable to climate change’s effects are the very people who continue to maintain a strong relationship with the earth: farmers. 

While recent news of these floodings, and the millions of people they have impacted, have left us saddened by the state of the world, it has only bolstered our drive to continue doing the important work we are doing: equipping farmers with the tools they need to make their families, their livelihoods, and their croplands more resilient in the face of these erratic weather patterns. 

Our impact in 2018 was our biggest yet: in all of our programming throughout northern Uganda, we were able to plant over 120,000 trees with small-scale farmers and refugees alike. We trained 409 farmers in Ugandan communities in climate change resiliency. And we don’t plan on stopping. 

We’re just three months into the year, and our team on the ground in Uganda is already working with local government officials in multiple sub-counties to sign villages up for this year’s climate change resiliency programming. Our seedling nurseries are filled with seedlings, waiting patiently to get their roots into the soil of farmers’ lands. Our team is working hard to ensure that even in the face of too much rainfall, or not enough, crops are protected, food continues to be harvested, and the earth is taken care of. All while mitigating the future effects of climate change. 

We ask you to join us. Help us keep doing this important work to empower farmers and ensure the longevity of this planet we call home. 

From Northern Uganda to you,

Georgia