Read inspiring stories from the people we work with

Meet Birtukan Gebyehu

"Each forest management project now has a well-managed area of forestland to conserve, develop and utilise. Everyone has a sense of belonging and cooperates in the protection and controlling of wildfires"

Get to know Birtukan

“We have been on this project since the beginning and we are now in our third year. There’s so much we have learnt in that period - how to make compost, how to fence a garden, how to graft, how to plant trees and many other skills.”

Hear Musah's Story

MEET THE CASHEW FARMERS

AYISHETU

MUSAH

IDDRISU

Kubaje, a women that Tree Aid is working with in Ghana, smiling and holding a bowl of shea nuts that she collected.

“We have benefited from a lot of training under this project. Out of the money that comes, we are able to buy enough food to feed our family. It is earning us a lot of respect in our society.” Kubaje, Nakolo village, Ghana

Awa, a women in a shea butter enterprise group, smiling while she boils shea butter.

Awa

Kachana

Kubaje

Alizeta's story

“Thanks to our cohesion and our mutual aid, many associations in the region consider us as models, they come to learn with us so we are very proud of this.”

Find out how Alizeta has been restoring land and growing incomes at her local nutrition garden in Korsimoro, Burkina Faso.

Meet Alizeta Ouedraogo

Zalissa's story

Zalissa lives in the village of Passimtenga in Burkina Faso. As her land becomes more and more degraded, she is finding it harder to get enough food and money to provide for her family.

But six years ago, Zalissa joined a soumbala enterprise group. With help from tools and training provided through a Tree Aid project, she learnt how to turn dawadawa tree seeds into soumbala ─ a nutrient-rich food.

Read Zalissa's story

Mouni, a volunteer forest guard, smiling in front of his local forest.

“Thanks to the project, everybody is involved in protecting the environment. Trees are no longer being destroyed and the forest is even being restored. With a good environment, we can increase our yield of crops in the fields. Here, trees mean life, or as we say, Tiga Ya Vim.” Mouni, volunteer forest guard, Burkina Faso.

Habi

Setou

Djamako

RESILIENCE IN A NUTSHELL

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A donation today can help more smallholder farmers in Ghana to grow a greener future. Your support can contribute towards providing a community with the tools they need to grow sustainable food to eat and sell, and to build their resilience to climate shocks.