Plant to Stop Poverty

How beautiful trees and crops growing together, supporting each other and strengthening the land.

Trees can improve soil health, help reduce erosion, support biodiversity, and contribute to more resilient and productive landscapes.

This is the beauty of agroforestry working with

Growing food and growing trees can go hand in hand.

That’s the idea behind agroforestry bringing trees and crops together on the same farm.
It can help improve soil health, support biodiversity and make farmland more resilient while giving farmers additional benefits from trees

A papaya tree can be more than a source of fruit it can be an investment in a family’s future.

From repeated harvests to opportunities for farmers, traders, transporters and market vendors, fruit trees can contribute to food security, diversified income and stronger livelihoods.

Every

Agroforestry allows farmers to integrate trees with crops on the same piece of land.

This papaya tree is growing alongside sugarcane, pumpkin, and green vegetables, showing how different crops can coexist on the same farm.

At our Tabora 1 Site, the trees we’ve planted along the Pangani River are growing steadily, helping to restore the river ecosystem and protect this vital watershed.

Alongside these restoration efforts, communities are benefiting from alternative crops like banana plants, strengthening

From planting the first seedlings to seeing these oranges on the market today, this is the kind of progress we love to see.

Farmers are now harvesting, selling, and earning from the very trees they planted through the Plant to Stop Poverty project. Good to see the work paying off

What does agroforestry look like in practice?

Here, the maize has already been harvested, providing food and income for the season. Meanwhile, the papaya tree continues to grow, preparing for a future harvest.

This is one of the benefits of agroforestry. By combining crops and

Just 6 months after planting, Mr. Mbwambo is already harvesting passion fruits every day.

While many fruit trees take 3–5 years to mature, passion fruit is a fast-yielding crop that can start producing early, offering both food and income. A healthy vine can produce up to 300 fruits

We restore riverbanks, hillsides, and protected areas through tree planting. 🌱

We also provide fruit tree seedlings to nearby farmers for their livelihoods and environmental conservation.

What inspires us most is the commitment of the community many people come directly to our

From seed to harvest in just three years this is
what real change looks like. Through the Plant to Stop Poverty initiative, communities are not just planting trees; they are planting income, food security, and long-term resilience.

Every avocado tree is a living answer to poverty,

Planting papaya trees supports both person
health and environmental conservation while
providing a reliable safety net for the economy.

Furthermore, many people now recognize the
value of investing in short-term fruit varieties for
quicker returns

This is Edwin Mbwambo, one of the farmers we supported with free passion fruit seedlings a few months ago. Now his plants are already bearing fruit. He has started selling some of the harvest to earn income.
And he’s also enjoying fresh passion fruit juice at home.

Supporting farmers

A single papaya tree can give so much more than just its first harvest. After the first fruits are picked, it continues to produce again and again, providing food, nutrition, and income for the community.

By supporting our work, you help more trees like this thrive, creating lasting

900 passion and avocado fruit trees in Mpale
Village will bring long-term impact nourishing
families, boosting local livelihoods, and helping the
land recover

Agroforestry combines trees, crops, and sometimes livestock in a single system to create healthy, productive landscapes.

By planting different layers from fruit trees to shade trees and ground crops farmers improve soil, increase yields, and build resilient, sustainable farms