Usambara Biodiversity Conservation

🌱🌳 Growing a Greener Future Together! 🌳🌱

Today, school children joined us in a meaningful tree-planting activity. Through teamwork, learning, and action, these young environmental champions are helping to create a healthier, greener future for our communities.

Every tree planted

🍊 Growing Green Schools, Growing Bright Futures 🌳

Students are taking action for a greener and healthier future by planting fruit trees in their school compound through the Green School Program conducted by us.

By planting and caring for fruit trees, these young environmental

Growing Green Minds for a Better Tomorrow 📚🌱
As part of the Green School Program, school children joined hands with us to plant trees and promote environmental conservation within their schools and communities. 🌍💚

Through this initiative, young learners are gaining practical

We’re racing against time to restore forests, protect biodiversity and fight climate change.

LEARNING & EXCHANGE
Our vision is to bring projects and communities together and create spaces for projects to listen, learn and mutually support one another in order to inspire and strengthen biocultural restoration initiatives in Primary school's kids, we are creating environmental

We are value-led. Our approach and impact go far beyond the number of trees in the ground. They intend to rebalance power dynamics, support connections with Nature, empower children and champion the knowledge of those working directly with the natural environment they inhabit. All

As the Tree Nation and Climate Justice Ambassadors we are part of a worldwide network. We spread our vision of climate justice and global citizenship to our schools, families, and friends through giving presentations and taking action.

We work with local communities to plant and grow both native and non-native trees. Together we restore forests, repair nature and protect vital habitats. Our holistic approach transforms landscapes, mitigates natural disasters and builds resilience to climate change. All while

Children need nature and nature needs children.
These days many children have less time and fewer opportunities to connect with nature. This is a real loss because research shows that contact with nature makes kids feel better about themselves.

Why plant in schools?
Trees bring many benefits to our neighborhoods and our schools. Trees make the school grounds more beautiful and inviting. Over time, your school will reap the benefits trees provide including shaded recreational spaces, cleaner air, and help to hold up hillsides

We know reforesting and restoring are only one part of the fight to protect and restore our natural world. We believe that communities should have the self-determination to be stewards of the land and forests they inhabit. And that this should be supported in a myriad of ways by

Tree-Nation and FoU are working on Green school Program;
Green school objectives are to:
• Enable children to explore the role of trees and forests in environmental, economic, social, and cultural terms
• Enable children to explore the causes of deforestation, and its impact on

At Friends of Usambara Society, we are but stewards of this planet for future generations to enjoy. Our children will inherit this planet, so we have to make sure that we are leaving them with a livable and sustainable environment. Planting trees is one way that we can protect the

Concepts of interdependence and sustainable development are common to both global learning and outdoor education. There is growing recognition of both the importance of outdoor education for children’s development and the current lack of opportunity children are given to play and

Tree nurseries that have been established by FoU , Tree Nation, other Tree Planting partners in collaboration with community-based environmental conservation groups at village level constitute an important platform for disseminating and demonstrating practical knowledge and skills