Our Trip to Kenya 2018; the frontline of climate change: Part 1
You wouldn’t believe the difficulty I’ve had compiling extracts from my red-dust covered journals, following our monitoring and evaluation trip to Kenya in February. Despite the fact that I’ve received nothing but consistently supportive encouragement from my colleagues to scratch out a few creative words, I’ve also been paralysed with a bizarre form of writer’s […]
Saskia Griffiths-Moore Holds Fundraiser for us During Lyme Regis Fossil Festival
LIMITED tickets remain for an intimate evening of music, cabaret and comedy, during Lyme Regis Fossil Festival. The concert will be held in aid of local environmental charity, The Word Forest Organisation, at the new ambient and eco-friendly community space, The Driftwood, at Lyme Regis Baptist Church on Friday, May 4. It will tie in with the […]
Centre For Earth Works Interviews our CEO, Tracey West
Last week, our CEO Tracey West was interviewed by the Nairobi based youth-led environmental organisation, the Centre For Earth Works, via Twitter Chat. The CEFW is a youth led NGO, passionate about securing the earth and empowering communities on sustainable strategies to solve environmental challenges. Tracey embraced the opportunity, but admitted to finding the medium a bit […]
Meet the Winners of the Magic Oxygen Literary Prize 2018
In case you weren’t aware, our amazing little reforestation charity was actually born from from the heart of an international writing competition. The Magic Oxygen Literary Prize, or MOLP as it’s fondly known, started back in 2014 and at that time, it was the only short story and poetry contest to plant a tree for […]
Clear the Air Conference: reforest Kenya 2018
Delegates: please click here to complete the application form – places are limited. We are delighted to announce details of our inaugural Clear the Air Conference: reforest Kenya 2018. It will take place between 12-5pm on Saturday 17th February at The Green Belt Movement’s Langata Learning Centre in Karen, Nairobi. It will be a relaxed […]
Our Ru Hartwell Scoops a Wales Africa Award
The National Museum Cardiff played host to the Wales Africa Awards yesterday, recognising the Wales Africa and Fair Trade communities in Wales. Our Forestry Expert Trustee, Ru Hartwell, did amazingly well! Pictured above, you can see the First Minister, Carwyn Jones (AM) acknowledging the hard work put in by Ru and his team to promote […]
Introducing Our Corporate Partners: Chic Elite Wedding Fayres
We are delighted to announce our partnership with the amazing folks at Chic Elite Wedding Fayres. Run by founder, Kelly Thorne, they are an event organising company who have been running successful wedding fayres in the UK for around 4 years. They’re also now a social enterprise with admirable ethics. Kelly explains, “Its a great job and […]
A Gift that Leaves a Legacy: what that actually means
We often say that when you donate funds to our charity, you are helping to create a legacy. It isn’t spin and it is rather a bold statement. If we try to emphasise the point in a short Facebook or Twitter post, there simply aren’t enough characters to adequately explain what we mean, so here […]
Our Progress at Kadunguni Primary School
Here’s a fabulous shot of the staff room we’ve built at Kadunguni Primary School, our second major school project. Thanks to all the supporters of our reforestation and classroom building charity – we’re making amazing mini-miracles happen over in Kenya. According to our forestry expert Trustee Ru Hartwell – who took the photograph and has […]