Silver Spring, United States · Established 1989
Trees for the Future
Plant trees, change lives.
(About)
Training farmers to build forest gardens on degraded land.
Trees for the Future was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, United States. Today it is an established organisation, working on reforestation, sustainable agriculture and farmer training and known within the sector for its tagline "Plant trees, change lives.".
The organisation currently operates in 7 countries, with major presence in Senegal, Mali and Kenya. Training farmers to build forest gardens on degraded land. Verified profiles, financials and annual reports are published on its official website at trees.org.
(Verified profile)
What the record actually says.
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Structure & mandate
US 501(c)(3) founded 1989. Runs the Forest Garden Programme — a four-year training and input package for smallholder farmers.
Key public programmes
- ▸Forest Garden Approach — 4-year farmer training programme
- ▸Agroforestry systems combining food, fodder and income trees
- ▸Sub-Saharan Africa focus (Senegal, Mali, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Cameroon)
Founded
1989
HQ
Silver Spring
United States
Countries of work
7+
Primary sources
Independent registers
(Public perception & reviews)
What people actually say.
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(Work in the field)
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(Where we operate)
Active in 7 countries.
- Senegal
- Mali
- Kenya
- Uganda
- Tanzania
- Cameroon
- Guinea
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