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In the coastal village of Garashi in Kenya, years of drought, land degradation and poverty have made life increasingly challenging for local families. Crops fail more often. Soil struggles to hold water. And women, who are often responsible for feeding their families, carry the heaviest burden.
But something powerful is taking root and from 22-29 April 2026 you can help it grow.
We’re delighted to have been chosen as one of this year’s Big Give Earth Raise charities, where every donation to our ‘Climate Resilience & Reforestation Led by Women’ campaign will receive match funding. Once we raise £6,643 The Big Give Trust will match it £ for £, with £6,643 – making a grand total of £13,286 funding!
Donations during the campaign will help bring together women, farmers and communities in Kenya to restore their land, strengthen food security and build climate resilience for the future. Your kindness will go twice as far. One donation, twice the impact!
🌱 Give £10 and it becomes £20
🌱 Give £50 and it becomes £100
🌱 Give £100 and it becomes £200
Women Leading the Change
At the heart of the project is the Mothers of the Forest, a women’s empowerment group determined to transform their community. Thirty local people, including these remarkable women, will take part in a 15-week permaculture and agroforestry training programme at our Permaculture Training Centre in Garashi. They will learn how to grow food forests, manage nurseries, collect seeds, and build drought-resilient farming systems.
But the impact doesn’t stop in the classroom. Each participant will leave with tree saplings, vegetable seeds and essential gardening tools, allowing them to create their own thriving food forests at home.
Planting Forests, Growing Futures
Together with the community, we will create a one-acre micro-forest. This living ecosystem will include fruit trees, nut trees, medicinal plants and native species, carefully underplanted with cropping vegetables using permaculture principles, so that each plant supports the others.
During the community planting day over 100 villagers, students, elders and farmers will come together to plant two thousand saplings side by side. The result? Restored soil and healthier land, fresh fruit and food for families, new habitats for wildlife and trees that absorb carbon and help fight climate change.
And because trees grow rapidly in the tropics, the impact begins quickly, up to 10 times faster than in temperate climates.
Thousands More Trees for the Community
Beyond the micro-forest, the project will distribute 8,000 additional fruit and nut saplings to local families, farmers, schools and churches. These trees will become long-term sources of nutrition, shade, income and resilience. Each tree planted today becomes a living investment in the future.
Why Your Gift Matters Right Now
This project is about far more than planting trees. It’s about restoring dignity, strengthening communities and empowering women to lead environmental change.
And during 22-29 April, thanks to the Big Give’s match funding, your donation will make double the difference.
A single gift helps:
🌳 Train 30 local women and farmers
🌳 Establish a one acre, 2,000 sapling micro-forest
🌳 Distribute 8,000 fruit and nut trees
🌳 Restore degraded land
🌳 Build climate resilience for generations
But the match funding is limited and only available during the campaign. With your help and your donation doubled, Garashi can grow greener, stronger and more resilient. Please put the donation date in your diary and then watch your impact grow.
Sue Jueno and the Team