About Us

In 1990, Uganda had over 5 million hectares of forest cover. By 2005 only 3.5 million hectares (8.6 million acres) remained. According to NEMA (National Environment Management Authority) if deforestation continues at the present rate, the country will have lost all its forest by 2050.

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Less than 30% of Uganda’s population has access to electricity, while the rest must rely on firewood for cooking. Worryingly, despite 30% of the population having access to electricity, many still use charcoal for cooking. Compounding the problem further is that Uganda, with a population of 42.86 million people (2017), has one of the largest population growth rates in the world.

We must take urgent action not only in re-planting the degraded environment but putting effective measures in place to ensure that we curb the rate of deforestation. Deforestation is a major cause of climate change, and we must tackle this quickly to effectively overcome its adverse impact.

It is due to this that the Schools Tree Project was founded. Not only do we fight climate change by re-greening our degraded natural heritage, but by equipping the next generation with skills in tackling climate change. We take the fight against climate change right to schools and remote communities of Uganda.

In every crisis, children are the most vulnerable. Climate change is no exception. As escalating droughts and floods degrade food production, children bear the greatest burden of hunger, malnutrition and disease. Our role as the Schools Tree Project is to forcefully tackle the climate crisis now by empowering children to become environmental stewards in their schools and communities.

We take the fight against climate change directly to schools, educating children about the causes and impacts, and equipping them with practical solutions to the problem through tree planting and renewable energy schemes using local materials.

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We are currently working in schools within Jinja and we intend to roll the program out to every single school within the country. Our goal is to plant three million trees by 2020. Schools we have worked with so far include Victoria Nile School, Holy Cross Primary School, St Jude Primary, Shilo Nile Star Primary, Bosmo Junior School, Walukuba East Primary, Walukuba West Primary, St Mary’s Primary (Kimaka) and we are still going strong.