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Community members planting native trees

Hundred Trees Annual Initiative

Rallying travelers and youth clubs to plant native trees each year, rebuild watersheds, and create community-owned carbon sinks across East Africa.

Base

Rwanda, Uganda & Northern Tanzania

Partners

Youth & School Clubs

Since

April 2021

Overview

Hundred Trees Annual Initiative

Every season we recruit youth clubs, women cooperatives, and travelers to plant at least one hundred native trees per village. The program focuses on riparian corridors, hilltop erosion zones, and degraded agroforestry plots.

Participants learn how to prepare soil beds, protect seedlings from grazing, and monitor moisture conditions. We combine indigenous tree knowledge with modern mapping so each planting wave is strategic and measurable.

Tree sponsors receive GPS coordinates, while communities gain shade, fruit, fuelwood alternatives, and stronger watersheds.

Project Story

Initiative Pillars

Tree nursery supporting Hundred Trees Initiative
  • Native Seed Banks

    Protecting climate-resilient species

  • Community Nurseries

    Youth-led propagation hubs

  • Watershed Patrols

    Monitoring erosion control zones

  • Community Pride Ceremonies

    Celebrations for every 100 trees planted

  • Traveler Action Days

    Guests joining planting ceremonies

What We Do

Program Summary

The initiative provides seedlings, water tanks, and training so every tour group and partner cooperative can establish new tree corridors. Donations cover nursery maintenance, mapping, and youth stipends for follow-up care.

We document survival rates with drone footage, share restoration data with local governments, and connect carbon buyers with community-led offset projects.

Travelers can adopt tree clusters, name community groves, and return annually to see forests thrive.

Our Initiative Impact

Forests Reborn With Community Power

Communities now steward woodlots that buffer national parks, provide fuel alternatives, and reduce landslides. Women cooperatives manage nurseries as social enterprises, selling surplus seedlings to farms.

Youth-led monitoring ensures tree survival stays above 80%, and the data helps us understand how restored forests capture rainfall and cool local climates.

With each planting season, we expand corridors that connect wildlife habitats and keep soil anchored.

Youth volunteers planting trees
Project leaders facilitating the Hundred Trees Initiative

Forest Regeneration Leads

Community Rangers

Meet the Project Team

Youth & Ranger Collective

Forest stewards uniting data science with local knowledge.

Park rangers train youth to measure soil moisture, identify invasive species, and install tree guards. Village elders share traditional planting ceremonies that keep stewardship rooted in culture.

Travelers document their planting days, and we archive those stories for students to learn about climate action careers.

Collective Message

“Every tree we plant today becomes shade for future generations and a pledge to protect biodiversity.”

Trees Planted

8,400

Youth Clubs

32

Watersheds Restored

5

Sponsor a Tree Wave

Fund seedlings, water tanks, and ranger patrols or join us on the ground to plant the next hundred trees. Your support keeps reforestation community-led.

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