It tackles the cause, not the symptom
Trees are planted where communities want them, and the demand for wood is cut at the same time by cleaner cooking and lighting.
Climate Resilience and Environmental Sustainability
Green Horizons: Environmental Conservation and Clean Energy
Restoring the land, powering homes, and growing a generation of guardians
A proposed project seeking funding. Your gift is recorded as a pledge: no money is taken on this website.
- 50,000trees planted and cared for
- 800households on clean energy
- 6schools with energy-saving stoves
- 5,000people reached with environmental education
- 20school and youth Green Clubs
- USD 0.88per tree that survives
The need
Why this project matters
The war cleared the land to survive. Today charcoal and firewood are clearing what is left. Families lived in crowded camps where wood was cut with no chance to replant, and people came home to a landscape stripped of trees. Today 91% of Ugandan households cook with firewood or charcoal, and press reports estimate forest cover in the Acholi region is below 10%. Fewer trees mean falling yields, flooding and drought, and smoke from open fires harms the health of children.
Our response
A three-year programme that treats the environment and the household as one system: plant and care for trees, cut the demand for wood through clean energy, and build local people who will protect both. Trees are planted where communities want and own them, and survival is counted and reported every quarter.
What your support makes possible
- 50,000 trees planted and cared for in drought-tolerant indigenous, fruit and agroforestry species, raised in six community nurseries and tracked by GPS, with a target of 35,000 alive after 12 months.
- 800 households moved to clean energy through 500 solar lamps with phone charging and 300 improved cookstoves, with households paying a share, and six schools fitted with energy-saving stoves.
- 5,000 people educated through community sessions, radio in Luo/Acholi and Green Clubs in 20 schools and youth groups.
- 50 Green Ambassadors and 5 youth and women-led green enterprises trained, so nurseries, repairs and learning continue after the grant.
- Results measured: trees surviving, fuel actually saved, devices still in use, and what changes in income and health.
Built to last, and accountable
It plans for survival, not just planting
Drought-tolerant species, community nurseries, paid caretakers and GPS-tagged trees, with survival counted every quarter.
Households share the cost
Families pay part of each lamp and stove, which builds ownership and refills a revolving fund. Nothing is simply handed out.
It makes people the guardians
50 Green Ambassadors, 20 school clubs and 5 green enterprises give the work local owners who stay after the grant ends.
It supports national and global goals
Uganda's climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, the National Energy Policy and SDGs 7, 13 and 15.
A budget built line by line
Total request UGX 762,936,300 (about USD 203,450), built bottom-up from unit costs, over 36 months. Every figure comes from our detailed budget, which funders receive with the full proposal.
Fund the whole project, or pick one contribution
Every choice below is real and priced. Pick one, add your details and send your pledge: we contact you to complete the gift.
You will always know where your gift went
Transparency
A dedicated contact, quarterly narrative and financial reports, an annual report, audited accounts and open access to records.
Impact you can see
Results by sex, age and disability, success stories with consent, photographs and short films, and an invitation to visit and meet the people you help.
Recognition
Acknowledgement in reports, events and certificates, and naming opportunities, as agreed with each partner.
A voice
A seat on the project steering committee and a say in the priorities of the work you fund.
Good questions, honest answers
How can you be sure the trees will survive?
We cannot be certain, and no one can promise it in drought-prone land. That is why we count surviving trees, not seedlings, use drought-tolerant species, plant with the rains, pay caretakers and report survival openly.
Why charge households for lamps and stoves?
A 30% share builds ownership, helps products last and refills a revolving fund. Instalments and a hardship fund make sure the poorest are not left out.
Will the stoves really save fuel?
Savings vary. Published projects report about 25% to 50% less fuel, but we will not assume it: we measure fuel use in 60 households before and after and report the actual result.
Do you plan to sell carbon credits?
Not in this budget. We will study the option, and only proceed with communities' informed consent and fair sharing of benefits.
Can we visit the planting sites?
Yes. Funders are welcome to visit nurseries and planting sites, meet Green Ambassadors and speak with households. Contact us to arrange a visit.
Want the full proposal and the detailed budget? Ask us for them, or call +256-779-712-990.
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