Community Tree Planting Wren members have raised over $1,000,000 for tree planting in East Africa! Together, the Wren community has funded the planting of millions of trees.
Project update Over 1,000 farmers join our project every month! This month, Community Tree Planting made history.
Project update Community Tree Planting returns to its Tanzanian roots The project went from 77 farmers to over 77,000– with more joining every week.
Project update The secret to planting millions of trees each year It takes an individual to plant one tree. To plant millions, it takes a mission.
Project update How Community Tree Planting rewards all farmers equally This month, we received a special letter from the head of our project. The details are heartwarming.
Project update Building a better future for African farming families How our project turns $1 into $8, while helping end the climate crisis.
Project update Kujengana: The Swahili secret to making great leaders Kujengana and sustainable farming brings our small groups closer together– letting them plant millions of trees.
Project update How thousands of subsistence farmers planted 20 million trees We have managed to align 100,000 farmers under a common goal: afforesting East Africa.
Community Tree Planting How tree planting helps African women become community leaders Our partners unlock the leadership potential of African women. Here's the story of one of them.
Community Tree Planting The surprising power of small groups Over 95,000 farmers are adopting sustainable farming practices by working together in small groups.
Project update Grove monitoring & data collection restarts amid pandemic The Community Tree Planting project continues to adapt to COVID-19, and at this point has most of their tree monitoring back to pre-pandemic levels. All monitors are provided "COVID-19 Assistance Packs" containing masks and hand sanitizer.
Project update Tree count passes 19m as pandemic adaptations continue The July update from Community Tree Planting is here. Read on to learn more about pandemic adaptations and project milestones.
Project update Maintaining food security during COVID-19 By growing fruit and nut trees on their own land, farmers are not just sequestering carbon—they're providing for themselves.
Community Tree Planting Planting trees under lockdown Farmers have done an amazing job of adapting to lockdown. For the first time, farmers across the project are communicating digitally to teach and share tree-planting insights.
Community Tree Planting We've got a lot of seedlings growing! March is the start of a rainy season in East Africa. For Community Tree Planting farmers, it's a great time for growing seedlings! As the rains start, the seedlings are put into the earth to grow into trees.
Community Tree Planting Teamwork—it's what makes the dream work A key insight of the project is that organized groups are more able to take care of trees than any individual. Small groups of farmers band together and enter into an agreement to plant and grow new trees.
Community Tree Planting Profile: Nathan Baryahisahe For generations, Nathan's family has taught the value of planting trees. Recent landslides and deforestation in his community in Uganda demanded a group effort of reforestation and protection—so Nathan turned to TIST, the organization behind Wren's Community Tree Planting initiative.
Community Tree Planting Thousands of farmers behind big environmental impact The organization behind our Community Tree Planting project, "TIST", has operated for over 20 years in East Africa, teaching conservation farming and tree planting best practices to 75,000 subsistence farmers.
