Tree Aid

13/10/2026

In 2025/26, communities across the countries where we work grew 8.8 million trees 🌳

Different landscapes. Different challenges. One shared goal: restoring land so communities and ecosystems can thrive.

See the impact across the countries where we work.

06/10/2026

Can restoring land create economic opportunities?

Trees and restored land can provide food, medicines, fibres and other products that communities use, process and sell.

In our latest reporting period, average household income increased by 32%, while income from non-timber forest products increased by 100%.

It's a powerful reminder that restoration and livelihoods go hand in hand 🤝

Discover more in our latest impact report https://treeaid.org/impact/

02/10/2026

What helps a community thrive?

Reliable incomes, healthy ecosystems, food security and the natural resources people depend on every day.

This World Habitat Day, we're recognising the communities restoring land and protecting nature across Africa, helping create stronger, more resilient futures for generations to come🌳

01/10/2026

For Issaka Bande, trees are an investment in the future.

He's lived in the same village in Burkina Faso since he was a boy. As the climate changes and farming becomes more challenging, trees are helping communities restore their land, improve soil quality and grow food for their families.

Issaka's is one of many communities taking part in our Tond Tenga project. Together, they've grown more than seven million trees since 2023.

This kind of change takes time. It grows year after year, generation after generation.

By leaving a gift in your will, you can help communities continue restoring land, growing trees and building resilient futures long into the future.

Learn more about leaving a gift in your will: https://treeaid.org/support-us/leave-a-donation-in-your-will/how-to-leave-a-gift-in-your-will

30/09/2026

Can carbon finance support communities and ecosystems while protecting people and nature?

We're pleased to be featured in Défis Sud, published by Humundi, discussing the opportunities and risks of carbon finance.

As our head of programme quality and advocacy, Pietro Carpena, explains: "Integrity does not depend on the type of market, but on the quality of the rules, their implementation, and the ability to ensure transparency, accountability and the rights of local communities."

At Tree Aid, we believe carbon finance can play an important role when it's built on strong safeguards, transparency and meaningful community participation.

Thanks to Humundi and the Défis Sud team for the opportunity to share our perspective.

Read the full article below 👇

Dans l'édition 2026 de notre revue : solidarité internationale, marchés du carbone, agroécologie, commerce agricole et souveraineté alimentaire.

28/09/2026

Meet Adama 🌱

Adama and her community faced a challenge shared by millions of people living across Africa's drylands. With few alternative sources of fuel or income, local trees were often cut for firewood, putting pressure on the forest and the resources people rely on.

Through training and community led action, people are changing how they manage their trees and forest resources. For Adama, that means seeing the forest beginning to recover, while also creating better conditions for products like shea butter.

Her experience is a powerful example of why restoration is about more than trees. It's about supporting people to manage the landscapes they depend on - building more resilient communities and ecosystems.

Adama's story is one example of the people behind the wider impact of our work in 2025/26.

Discover more 👇
https://treeaid.org/impact/

18/09/2026

Today we remember Neville Fay, one of the founders of Tree Aid, who has sadly passed away.

Neville helped establish Tree Aid in 1987 with a group of fellow arboriculturists and tree‑lovers responding to the famines in East Africa. He asked a question that shaped everything that followed: “What is the correct response from the sector that deals in ‘tree‑time’?”

That question inspired a movement that continues today, with communities across Africa restoring land, growing trees and building sustainable livelihoods.

In recent weeks, our teams in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali planted trees in Neville’s honour – a small gesture to mark a legacy that will continue for generations.

From a small seed of an idea, Neville helped grow something extraordinary 🌳

Read our full tribute 👇
https://treeaid.org/updates/remembering-neville-fay/

16/09/2026

Shea is more than a product. It’s a lifeline for families and a way to protect the land 🌱

In western Ethiopia, shea trees are becoming an important part of how communities restore degraded land and build more secure incomes. When shea trees grow, they help bring soil back to life. And when their nuts are processed into shea butter, they create a valuable source of income for families.

This new step in Gambella is part of a wider effort to support communities to grow shea, restore forests and strengthen local livelihoods. It’s all part of our Sustainable Shea project, funded by the UK Government through the Darwin Initiative.

Find out more 👇
https://treeaid.org/projects/sustainable-shea/

Biodiversity Challenge Funds

09/09/2026

The choices we make today can shape a brighter tomorrow 💚

By remembering Tree Aid in your will, you can support community-led action across Africa to restore land, grow sustainable incomes and protect vital ecosystems. Your legacy can create lasting change that benefits both people and the planet for years to come.

If writing or updating your will is something you've been meaning to do, we've partnered with Octopus Legacy to offer a free will-writing service.

It's a simple way to make your wishes known, while considering the future you'd like to leave for generations to come.

Learn more about how your gift could support people and trees to thrive together 🌳

https://octopuslegacy.com/online-will?channel=partner&utm_campaign=treeaidfree&utm_source=treeaidfree&utm_medium=cpc