United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
We recently undertook an exercise to establish how many of the UN SDGs The Word Forest Organisation has actively tackled. It brought a startling realisation that we’ve ticked 15 of the 17 goals in our first three years as a charity. Thus far, we’ve not undertaken a project that coincidentally or specifically aligns with goals […]
Our Report and Accounts 2018-19
It is an absolute pleasure to share our Report and Accounts for 2018-19 with you. Enormous thanks go to three amazing volunteers – Alexis Boddy, Izzy Robertson and Simon West – for pulling the proverbial rabbit out of the hat and bringing it to life. I realise these sorts of reports aren’t always terribly vibrant […]
Event: How our Projects are Surviving Covid-19
Get your free ticket from Eventbrite for an eye-opening presentation and talk from our UK Team, on Thursday 28th May at 7pm BST. During this live-streamed Zoom session, find our how we’ve temporarily re-shaped our tree planting, school building and women’s empowerment activities in Kenya, in the light of the pandemic. Watch exclusive video reports […]
Help Us by Having a Clear Out!
Our supporters are amazing and we’re not going to add to your financial pressures by asking for more donations. You already know about the great work we’re doing to mitigate the other existential threat we live with: climate chaos – if you are able to help, we know you will. We’re offering a hassle free, […]
7 Second Video: facemasks deployed
Eva and her Team in Kenya are doing a remarkable job of keeping us all up to date with what’s happening on the frontline of climate change. With the grip of lockdown tightening further in Boré (read our recent post for more details) our women’s empowerment group, the Mothers of the Forest, now have to […]
Kenya Moves to Facemasks
A month ago, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus – an Ethiopian and the World Health Organisation’s first African head – during a virtual press conference said: “Africa should wake up, my continent should wake up to the coronavirus threat and prepare for the worst. In other countries, we have seen how the virus actually accelerates after a […]
Enjoy our Amazing eCards!
While the world is on lockdown, we’re continuing to support our wonderful tree planting communities in Kenya with emergency aid for food and clean water – they need that lifeline, more than ever before. We think it’s time everybody had a seriously big pick-me-up, so Simon, our resident super-geek, has created a fantastic charity eCard […]
Covid-19 Update: 4 curves that need flattening
This is our first post since entering an epoch of rapidly changing, exceptional circumstances that are affecting every single human being on our planet. We love sharing news about the positive impact our supporters are having on the frontline of climate change in Kenya. However, at the moment there’s little ‘new’ good news to impart, […]
CANCELLED: Ethical Shell & Bead Craft Sale + Evening Bags & Jewellery too
We have been planning a smashing event at Unit 1a, St Michael’s Business Centre in Lyme Regis, on Friday 13th March between 5-9pm. In light of the increased awareness of ‘social distancing’ which appears to be rising up through Europe right now and the fact that the World Health Organisation have just declared coronavirus to […]